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title: Pursuant to the narrative, with what object did Brer Rabbit cause Mi… — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Pursuant to the narrative, with what object did Brer Rabbit cause Miss Cow to become immobilised? Exam question 1 of lesson 572 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit tricks Miss Cow into a tree, then Brer Terrapin goes calling» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with
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# Exam question 1 · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit…

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Pursuant to the narrative, with what object did Brer Rabbit cause Miss Cow to become immobilised?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, become, immobilis · **To what, where:** Brer Rabbit

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 572 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit tricks Miss Cow into a tree, then Brer Terrapin goes calling» 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/572-pg2306-part8/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:572-pg2306-part8:e1:1
# text = Pursuant to the narrative, with what object did Brer Rabbit cause Miss Cow to become immobilised?
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	appos	_	_
8	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	Miss	Miss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
17	immobilised	immobilis	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | object | Brer Rabbit |  |  |  | cause Miss Cow | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Eventuality |
| 2 | **become** | to-infinitive | object *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **immobilis** | participle | object *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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one of her ears, stuck in the trunk of the apple tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:572-pg2306-part8:e1:o1:1
# text = one of her ears, stuck in the trunk of the apple tree
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
one horn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:572-pg2306-part8:e1:o2:1
# text = one horn
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a hoof, wedged in the roots of the pear tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:572-pg2306-part8:e1:o3:1
# text = a hoof, wedged in the roots of the pear tree
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hoof	hoof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	wedged	wedge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:agent	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	pear	pear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wedge** | participle |  | a hoof *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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one of her horns, lodged in the trunk of the persimmon tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:572-pg2306-part8:e1:o4:1
# text = one of her horns, lodged in the trunk of the persimmon tree
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	horns	horn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	lodged	lodge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	persimmon	persimmon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lodge** | participle |  | her horns *not said here* |  | the trunk of the persimmon tree |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in trunk=Location |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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