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title: What, according to Uncle Remus, is the outcome of the fox's pursuit… — Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby St… · tree and pragmatics
description: What, according to Uncle Remus, is the outcome of the fox's pursuit at the close of the tale? Exam question 2 of lesson 568 «Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby Story: Brer Rabbit gets stuck fast to the Tar-Baby» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby Story: Brer Rabbit get…

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What, according to Uncle Remus, is the outcome of the fox's pursuit at the close of the tale?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fox · **What happens:** accord, be, pursue · **To what, where:** outcome, close

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 568 «Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby Story: Brer Rabbit gets stuck fast to the Tar-Baby» 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/568-pg2306-part4/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:e2:1
# text = What, according to Uncle Remus, is the outcome of the fox's pursuit at the close of the tale?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Remus	Remus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	close	close	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the outcome |  |  |  | of the fox's pursuit at the close of the tale | tree rules |
| 3 | **pursue** |  | the fox |  |  | the close of the tale |  |  | nom pursuit «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place |

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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 {#o1}

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The fox catches the rabbit but the rabbit tricks him later on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:e2:o1:1
# text = The fox catches the rabbit but the rabbit tricks him later on
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	catches	catch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	tricks	trick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | present | the fox | the rabbit |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Theme |
| 2 | **trick on** | present | the rabbit | fox |  |  |  | late *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The fox catches the rabbit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:e2:o2:1
# text = The fox catches the rabbit
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	catches	catch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | present | the fox | the rabbit |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The matter remains uncertain and nobody knows for sure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:e2:o3:1
# text = The matter remains uncertain and nobody knows for sure
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	uncertain	uncertain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
7	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | the matter |  |  |  |  | uncertain *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **know** | present | nobody |  |  |  |  | for sure | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The matter remains uncertain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:e2:o4:1
# text = The matter remains uncertain
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	uncertain	uncertain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | the matter |  |  |  |  | uncertain *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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