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title: Which character is described as having been "rake[d] over de coals"… — Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle R… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which character is described as having been "rake[d] over de coals" by Brer Bear? Exam question 1 of lesson 567 «Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle Remus Initiates the Little Boy, part 3: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox out of a dinner» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Exam question 1 · Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle Remus Initiates the L…

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Which character is described as having been "rake\[d\] over de coals" by Brer Bear?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Brer Bear · **What happens:** describe, rake, be · **To what, where:** character, d

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 567 «Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle Remus Initiates the Little Boy, part 3: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox out of a dinner» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/567-pg2306-part3/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:e1:1
# text = Which character is described as having been "rake[d] over de coals" by Brer Bear?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
6	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	aux	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	cop	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	rake	rake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	d	D	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	11	punct	_	_
13	over	over	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	de	de	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	coals	coal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	Bear	Bear	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present · passive | Brer Bear | which character |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **rake** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | d |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent d=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund · perfect |  |  |  |  |  | as rake de coals | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Brer Fox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:e1:o1:1
# text = Brer Fox
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:e1:o2:1
# text = Fox
1	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:e1:o3:1
# text = Bear
1	Bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Brer Bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:e1:o4:1
# text = Brer Bear
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Bear	Bear	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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