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description: Upon what condition did Brer Rabbit agree to assist the cow in the matter of her extrication? Exam question 2 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 the
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# Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit…

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Upon what condition did Brer Rabbit agree to assist the cow in the matter of her extrication?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** condition, Brer, extrication · **What happens:** do, agree, assist, matter, extricate · **To what, where:** cow, matter

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:572-pg2306-part8:e2:1
# text = Upon what condition did Brer Rabbit agree to assist the cow in the matter of her extrication?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	condition	condition	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	7	nsubj	_	_
6	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	agree	agree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	assist	assist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	extrication	extrication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | condition |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | Brer |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **assist** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Brer *not said here* |  | the cow | the matter of Brer's extrication |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **matter** |  | Brer's extrication |  |  |  |  |  | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
| 5 | **extricate** |  | Brer |  |  |  |  |  | nom extrication «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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that she should let him seize her tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:572-pg2306-part8:e2:o1:1
# text = that she should let him seize her tail
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	seize	seize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | should | she | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **seize** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | her tail |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that she would let him pull her ear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:572-pg2306-part8:e2:o2:1
# text = that she would let him pull her ear
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	pull	pull	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | would | she | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pull** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | her ear |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that she should let him seize her tail and then milk her dry right there under the persimmon tree

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:572-pg2306-part8:e2:o3:1
# text = that she should let him seize her tail and then milk her dry right there under the persimmon tree
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	seize	seize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
11	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	dry	dry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	right	right	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	conj	_	_
16	under	under	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	persimmon	persimmon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | should | she | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **seize** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | her tail |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that she would let him grab her horn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:572-pg2306-part8:e2:o4:1
# text = that she would let him grab her horn
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | would | she | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grab** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | her horn |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Theme |

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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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