--- title: In whose presence did the Crawfishes first draw up their petition, a… — Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Bre… · tree and pragmatics description: In whose presence did the Crawfishes first draw up their petition, according to the old man's account? Exam question 2 of lesson 569 «Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox into the brier-patch» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/569-pg2306-part5/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Bre…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/569-pg2306-part5/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer… In whose presence did the Crawfishes first draw up their petition, according to the old man's account? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** presence, Crawfishes, old man · **What happens:** do, draw up, accord, petition, account · **To what, where:** petition This is exam question 2 of lesson 569 «Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 5: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox into the brier-patch» 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/569-pg2306-part5/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:e2:1 # text = In whose presence did the Crawfishes first draw up their petition, according to the old man's account? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Crawfishes crawfish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 advmod _ _ 8 draw draw VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 petition petition NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 case _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 13 fixed _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | presence | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **draw up** | present | the Crawfishes | Crawfishes's petition | | | | accord the old man's account; first *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent petition=Theme | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **petition** | | Crawfishes *= crawfish* | | | | | | nom petition «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 5 | **account** | | the old man | | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} In the assembly of the animals ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:e2:o1:1 # text = In the assembly of the animals 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 assembly assembly NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Before the Lion and the Elephant at the edge of the rising water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:e2:o2:1 # text = Before the Lion and the Elephant at the edge of the rising water 1 Before before ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Elephant Elephant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 amod _ _ 13 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} In the great assembly of all the animals gathered at the meeting place ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:e2:o3:1 # text = In the great assembly of all the animals gathered at the meeting place 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 assembly assembly NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 9 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | past | | | | the great assembly of all animals | | at the meeting place | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} In the middle of the flood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:569-pg2306-part5:e2:o4:1 # text = In the middle of the flood 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 flood flood NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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