Exam question 1 · Uncle Remus, The Fourth of July, part 35: Uncle Remus show…

Pursuant to the passage, at what location was the narrator stationed when the altercation commenced?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: location, passage, altercation · What happens: be, station, commence · To what, where: narrator

This is exam question 1 of lesson 599 «Uncle Remus, The Fourth of July, part 35: Uncle Remus shows up bandaged on the Fourth of July, and the newspaper men question him about a fight with a slick man» 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	4 passage	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 passage	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stationed	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 passage	punct
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 what	case
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 passage	nmod
8	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 narrator	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 narrator	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 narrator	det
11	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 what	acl:relcl
12	stationed	station	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 commenced	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 altercation	det
15	altercation	altercation	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 commenced	nsubj
16	commenced	commence	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 stationed	advcl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 stationed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past	location	the narrator	tree rules
2	station	past	the passage		vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent
3	commence	participle	the altercation		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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

Positioned across from the courthouse square and its wide fountain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Positioned	position	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	across	across	ADV	_	1 Positioned	advmod
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 square	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 square	det
5	courthouse	courthouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 square	compound
6	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Positioned	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fountain	cc
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 fountain	nmod:poss
9	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fountain	amod
10	fountain	fountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 square	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	position	participle				the courthouse square and its wide fountain		across property	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Stationed in the shade of a tall oak tree at the corner of the square

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stationed	station	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 shade	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shade	det
4	shade	shade	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stationed	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 tree	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tree	det
7	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tree	amod
8	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tree	compound
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shade	nmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 corner	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 corner	det
12	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stationed	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 square	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 square	det
15	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 corner	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	station	participle				the shade of a tall oak tree		at the corner of the square	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in shade=Destination
2	shade			a tall oak tree					nom shade «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Standing beside the county jail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	beside	beside	ADP	_	5 jail	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 jail	det
4	county	county	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 jail	compound
5	jail	jail	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Standing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund				the county jail			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside jail=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Adjacent to Mars John Jeems's bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	7 bank	case
3	Mars	Mars	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 John	compound
4	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 bank	nmod:poss
5	Jeems	Jeems	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 John	flat
6	's	's	PART	_	4 John	case
7	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Adjacent	obl

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

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