Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus, The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox: Brer Rabbit tricks B…

In what manner does the narrative conclude with respect to Brer Rabbit's escape from Miss Fox?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrative, Brer Rabbit · What happens: do, conclude, escape · To what, where: manner

This is exam question 2 of lesson 588 «Uncle Remus, The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox to his death and escapes Miss Fox» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 narrative	det
6	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conclude	nsubj
7	conclude	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 does	ccomp
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 respect	case
9	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conclude	obl
10	to	to	ADP	_	14 escape	case
11	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Rabbit	compound
12	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 escape	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Rabbit	case
14	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 respect	nmod
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 Fox	case
16	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Fox	compound
17	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 escape	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	do	present		what manner		tree rules
2	conclude	present	the narrative		with respect to Brer Rabbit's escape from Miss Fox	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with respect=Subeventuality
3	escape		Brer Rabbit		from Miss Fox	nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=obl

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 · ✓ the right answer

He leaps down from the grindstone and departs unhindered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 leaps	nsubj
2	leaps	leap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 leaps	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 grindstone	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 grindstone	det
6	grindstone	grindstone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leaps	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 departs	cc
8	departs	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 leaps	conj
9	unhindered	unhinder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 departs	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	leap down	present	He	the grindstone	down property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from grindstone=Trajectory
2	depart	present	He not said here			tree rules
3	unhinder	participle	He not said here			tree rules

Option 2

He hops off the grindstone and runs away into the open woods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hops	nsubj
2	hops	hop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	5 grindstone	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 grindstone	det
5	grindstone	grindstone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hops	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 runs	cc
7	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hops	conj
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 runs	advmod
9	into	into	ADP	_	12 woods	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 woods	det
11	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 woods	amod
12	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 runs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hop off	present	He	the grindstone					vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme grindstone=Trajectory
2	run away	present	He not said here					into the open woods result; away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into wood=Result

Option 3

He jumps down and runs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 jumps	nsubj
2	jumps	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 jumps	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 runs	cc
5	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 jumps	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump down	present	He					down property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	run	present	He not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He escapes by the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 escapes	nsubj
2	escapes	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 door	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 door	det
5	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 escapes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	present	He					by the door	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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