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title: Upon which occasion did Brer Fox first recline upon the ground in ap… — Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. R… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon which occasion did Brer Fox first recline upon the ground in apparent expiry? Exam question 2 of lesson 571 «Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Rabbit: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox and Brer Buzzard into the hollow tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Rabbit: Brer Rabbit t…

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Upon which occasion did Brer Fox first recline upon the ground in apparent expiry?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Brer · **What happens:** fox, recline · **To what, where:** apparent expiry

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 571 «Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Rabbit: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox and Brer Buzzard into the hollow tree» 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/571-pg2306-part7/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:e2:1
# text = Upon which occasion did Brer Fox first recline upon the ground in apparent expiry?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	Fox	fox	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
8	recline	recline	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	apparent	apparent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	expiry	expiry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	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 | **fox** | past · do-support | Brer |  |  |  |  | upon which occasion; first *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **recline** | infinitive | Brer *not said here* |  |  | apparent expiry |  | upon the ground | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon ground=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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After the chase, when Buzzard arrived

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:e2:o1:1
# text = After the chase, when Buzzard arrived
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	chase	chase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	Buzzard	Buzzard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | past | Buzzard |  |  |  | after the chase |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Once Fox heard Buzzard hollering loudly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:e2:o2:1
# text = Once Fox heard Buzzard hollering loudly
1	Once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Buzzard	Buzzard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	hollering	holler	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
6	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | Fox | Buzzard |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **holler** *speech: other* | gerund | Buzzard *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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After the whole long chase through the woods, when Buzzard finally arrived at the tree

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:e2:o3:1
# text = After the whole long chase through the woods, when Buzzard finally arrived at the tree
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	chase	chase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
11	Buzzard	Buzzard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | past | Buzzard |  |  | the tree |  | finally *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Right after Fox had run all the way across the creek and through the briars

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:e2:o4:1
# text = Right after Fox had run all the way across the creek and through the briars
1	Right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	run	run	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	across	across	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	creek	creek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	through	through	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	briars	briar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past · perfect | Fox | all way |  | the creek and the briars |  | right *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across creek=Trajectory |

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