Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit, Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a…

With reference to the text, what object did Brer Rabbit employ to disguise his appearance at the gathering?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: rabbit, disguise · To what, where: employ, appearance, gathering

This is exam question 2 of lesson 585 «Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit, Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a Dust: Fox is tied up and beaten, Rabbit wins a wife» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Rabbit	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 text	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 text	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Rabbit	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 Rabbit	obj
8	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Rabbit	nsubj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 Rabbit	aux
10	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Rabbit	nsubj
11	Rabbit	rabbit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	employ	employ	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Rabbit	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 disguise	mark
14	disguise	disguise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 Rabbit	advcl
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 appearance	nmod:poss
16	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 disguise	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 gathering	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 gathering	det
19	gathering	gathering	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 disguise	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 Rabbit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rabbit	past · do-support	object	employ				with reference to the text	tree rules
2	disguise	to-infinitive	object not said here	Brer's appearance		the gathering			vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme appearance=Destination

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

A big cloak, dyed with berry juice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cloak	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cloak	amod
3	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 dyed	punct
5	dyed	dye	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cloak	acl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 juice	case
7	berry	berry	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 juice	compound
8	juice	juice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dyed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dye	participle		a big cloak not said here				with berry juice	vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Brer Coon's hat, stuffed with straw and mud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 hat	nmod:poss
2	Coon	Coon	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Brer	flat
3	's	's	PART	_	1 Brer	case
4	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stuffed	punct
6	stuffed	stuff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 hat	acl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 straw	case
8	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stuffed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 mud	cc
10	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 straw	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stuff	participle		Brer's hat not said here				with straw and mud	vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with straw=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Brer Coon's slippers, filled with ashes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 slippers	nmod:poss
2	Coon	Coon	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Brer	flat
3	's	's	PART	_	1 Brer	case
4	slippers	slipper	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 filled	nsubj:pass
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 filled	punct
6	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 ashes	case
8	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 filled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	participle · passive		Brer's slippers				with ashes	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with ash=Instrument

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Old hat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hat	amod
2	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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