--- title: By what instrument did Brer Fox attempt the excavation of the hollow… — Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. R… · tree and pragmatics description: By what instrument did Brer Fox attempt the excavation of the hollow tree? Exam question 3 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 pragmat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/571-pg2306-part7/e3/) [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, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. R…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/571-pg2306-part7/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Rabbit: Brer Rabbit t… By what instrument did Brer Fox attempt the excavation of the hollow tree? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** instrument, hollow tree · **What happens:** do, attempt, excavate · **To what, where:** Brer Fox, excavation This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:e3:1 # text = By what instrument did Brer Fox attempt the excavation of the hollow tree? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 3 instrument instrument NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Fox Fox PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 attempt attempt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 excavation excavation NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 hollow hollow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | instrument | Brer Fox | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Eventuality | | 2 | **attempt** | present | | the excavation of the hollow tree | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent excavation=Eventuality | | 3 | **excavate** | | the hollow tree | | | | | | nom excavation «act intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A hammer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:e3:o1:1 # text = A hammer 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hammer hammer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A shovel ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:e3:o2:1 # text = A shovel 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shovel shovel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} An axe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:e3:o3:1 # text = An axe 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A heavy steel hatchet and a rusty old saw ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:e3:o4:1 # text = A heavy steel hatchet and a rusty old saw 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 hatchet hatchet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 rusty rusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 saw saw NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` 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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