Exam question 1 · Uncle Remus, That Deceitful Jug, part 33: an old jug makes…

Which word, as used by Uncle Remus, is best defined as "tricky or deceitful", and which editor first doubts the jug?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: editor · What happens: use, define, doubt · To what, where: word, jug

This is exam question 1 of lesson 597 «Uncle Remus, That Deceitful Jug, part 33: an old jug makes the newspaper men tease Uncle Remus» 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 word	det
2	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 defined	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 used	punct
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 used	mark
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 word	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 Uncle	case
7	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 used	obl:agent
8	Remus	Remus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Uncle	flat
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 word	punct
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 defined	aux:pass
11	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 defined	amod
12	defined	define	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 tricky	mark
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 tricky	punct
15	tricky	tricky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 defined	xcomp
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 deceitful	cc
17	deceitful	deceitful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 tricky	conj
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 tricky	punct
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 doubts	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 doubts	cc
21	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	22 editor	det
22	editor	editor	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 doubts	nsubj
23	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	24 doubts	advmod
24	doubts	doubt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 tricky	conj
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 jug	det
26	jug	jug	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 doubts	obj
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 defined	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	participle		which word not said here		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	define	present · passive		which word	tricky property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	doubt	present	which editor	the jug	first property	vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jug=Theme

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

"Seetful"; the agricultural editor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Seetful	punct
2	Seetful	seetful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 editor	nsubj
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Seetful	punct
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 Seetful	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 editor	det
6	agricultural	agricultural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 editor	amod
7	editor	editor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2

"Tricky"; the sporting editor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Tricky	punct
2	Tricky	tricky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 editor	nsubj
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Tricky	punct
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 Tricky	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 editor	det
6	sporting	sport	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 editor	amod
7	editor	editor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sport	gerund							tree rules

Option 3

"Seetful"; the agricultural editor, after the staff had already teased Uncle Remus at length

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Seetful	punct
2	Seetful	seetful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Seetful	punct
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 Seetful	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 editor	det
6	agricultural	agricultural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 editor	amod
7	editor	editor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Seetful	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 teased	punct
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	14 teased	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 staff	det
11	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 teased	nsubj
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 teased	aux
13	already	already	ADV	_	14 teased	advmod
14	teased	tease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 Seetful	conj
15	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Remus	compound
16	Remus	Remus	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 teased	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 length	case
18	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 teased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	past · perfect	the staff	Uncle Remus		length			vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remus=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

"Seetful"; the agricultural editor, who first said they'd seen jugs before

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Seetful	punct
2	Seetful	seetful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 editor	nsubj
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Seetful	punct
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 Seetful	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 editor	det
6	agricultural	agricultural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 editor	amod
7	editor	editor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 said	nsubj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 said	advmod
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 editor	parataxis
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 seen	nsubj
13	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 seen	aux
14	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 said	ccomp
15	jugs	jug	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 seen	obj
16	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 seen	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the agricultural editor					first property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	see before	past · perfect	they	jugs					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jug=Stimulus

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