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title: Which assertion concerning Brer Fox's conduct after the girls rebuke… — Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 2: Bre… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which assertion concerning Brer Fox's conduct after the girls rebuked him is consistent with the text? Exam question 3 of lesson 570 «Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 2: Brer Rabbit rides Brer Fox to Miss Meadows's and hitches him to the rack» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 3 · Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 2: Brer Rabbit rides Brer…

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Which assertion concerning Brer Fox's conduct after the girls rebuked him is consistent with the text?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** assertion, girls, Brer · **What happens:** concern, rebuke, be, conduct · **To what, where:** conduct, Brer

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 570 «Uncle Remus, The Tar-Baby, part 2: Brer Rabbit rides Brer Fox to Miss Meadows's and hitches him to the rack» 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/570-pg2306-part6/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:570-pg2306-part6:e3:1
# text = Which assertion concerning Brer Fox's conduct after the girls rebuked him is consistent with the text?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
3	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	rebuked	rebuke	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund | which assertion *not said here* | Brer's conduct |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer |
| 2 | **rebuke** | past | the girls | Brer |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | which assertion |  |  |  |  | with the text; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **conduct** |  | Brer |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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He resolved, after the girls scolded him in front of all the guests, to humble Brer Rabbit completely

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:570-pg2306-part6:e3:o1:1
# text = He resolved, after the girls scolded him in front of all the guests, to humble Brer Rabbit completely
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	scolded	scold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	humble	humble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
18	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **scold** | past | the girls | him *= he* |  | front of all guests |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **humble** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | Brer Rabbit |  |  |  | completely *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rabbit=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He resolved to humble Brer Rabbit in their presence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:570-pg2306-part6:e3:o2:1
# text = He resolved to humble Brer Rabbit in their presence
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	humble	humble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **humble** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | Brer |  | their presence |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus brer=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He vowed to humble Brer Rabbit in front of the girls and make him chew up his words

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:570-pg2306-part6:e3:o3:1
# text = He vowed to humble Brer Rabbit in front of the girls and make him chew up his words
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	vowed	vow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	humble	humble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	chew	chew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vow** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **humble** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | Brer Rabbit |  | front of the girls |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rabbit=Experiencer |
| 3 | **make** | infinitive | He *not said here* | Rabbit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **chew up** | infinitive | Rabbit *not said here* | Rabbit's words |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient |
| 5 | **word** |  | Rabbit |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He decided to rush home and never return again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:570-pg2306-part6:e3:o4:1
# text = He decided to rush home and never return again
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	decided	decide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	rush	rush	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **rush** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **return** | infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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