Exam question 3 · Uncle Remus, The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox: Brer Rabbit tricks B…

Which character is responsible for the discovery of the concealed Brer Fox within the cow?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: character · What happens: be, conceal, discover · To what, where: concealed Brer Fox

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 character	det
2	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 responsible	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 responsible	cop
4	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 discovery	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 discovery	det
7	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 responsible	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 Fox	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Fox	det
10	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 Fox	amod
11	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Fox	compound
12	Fox	Fox	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 discovery	nmod
13	within	within	ADP	_	15 cow	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cow	det
15	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 responsible	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 responsible	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	which character		for the discovery of the concealed Brer Fox; within the cow; responsible property	tree rules
2	conceal	participle				vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	discover			the concealed Brer Fox		nom discovery «act transitive»: of=patient

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

Tobe, who sees his daddy's head in the pot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tobe	Tobe	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sees	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sees	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 sees	nsubj
4	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 daddy	nmod:poss
6	daddy	daddy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 head	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 daddy	case
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sees	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 pot	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pot	det
11	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sees	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	Tobe	Tobe's daddy's head		the pot			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer head=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The owner of the cow, who opens the carcass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 owner	det
2	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 opens	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 cow	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cow	det
5	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 owner	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 opens	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 opens	nsubj
8	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 carcass	det
10	carcass	carcass	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 opens	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	present	the owner of the cow	the carcass					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location carcass=Theme

Option 3

The dogs, who sniff out the hidden fox inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dogs	det
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sniff	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sniff	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 sniff	nsubj
5	sniff	sniff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 sniff	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fox	det
8	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fox	amod
9	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sniff	obj
10	inside	inside	ADV	_	5 sniff	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sniff out	present	the dogs	the hidden fox				inside property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Theme

Option 4

The owner of the cow, who later opens the carcass to find the fox hiding inside it

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 owner	det
2	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 opens	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 cow	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cow	det
5	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 owner	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 opens	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 opens	nsubj
8	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 opens	advmod
9	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 carcass	det
11	carcass	carcass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 opens	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 find	mark
13	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 opens	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fox	det
15	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 find	obj
16	hiding	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 fox	acl
17	inside	inside	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	open	present	the owner of the cow	the carcass		late property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location carcass=Theme
2	find	to-infinitive	the owner of the cow not said here	the fox			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Topic
3	hide	gerund	the fox not said here		owner		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent inside it=Location

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