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title: What quality does Brer Possum assert that he will not tolerate in fu… — Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby St… · tree and pragmatics
description: What quality does Brer Possum assert that he will not tolerate in future disputes? Exam question 4 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 of the quest
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# Exam question 4 · Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby Story: Brer Rabbit get…

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What quality does Brer Possum assert that he will not tolerate in future disputes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Brer · **What happens:** assert, not tolerate · **To what, where:** future disputes

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:e4:1
# text = What quality does Brer Possum assert that he will not tolerate in future disputes?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	Possum	Possum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	assert	assert	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	tolerate	tolerate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	disputes	dispute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assert** | present · do-support | Brer |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **tolerate** | future | Brer |  |  | future disputes |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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Being scolded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:e4:o1:1
# text = Being scolded
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	scolded	scold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scold** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Being tickled and laughed at by his friends too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:e4:o2:1
# text = Being tickled and laughed at by his friends too
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	tickled	tickle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tickle** | gerund · passive | his friends |  |  |  |  |  | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **laugh** | participle | his friends *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Being tickled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:e4:o3:1
# text = Being tickled
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	tickled	tickle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tickle** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Being tickled by any dog or animal in the woods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:e4:o4:1
# text = Being tickled by any dog or animal in the woods
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	tickled	tickle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tickle** | gerund · passive | any dog or animal |  |  | the woods |  |  | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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