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title: What stratagem did Brer Wolf propose for the capture of Brer Rabbit? — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Chimn… · tree and pragmatics
description: What stratagem did Brer Wolf propose for the capture of Brer Rabbit? Exam question 4 of lesson 573 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Chimney, part 9: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox out of the chimney, and Brer Wolf makes a plan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 4 · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Chimney, part 9: Brer Rab…

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What stratagem did Brer Wolf propose for the capture of Brer Rabbit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** stratagem, Brer · **What happens:** do, propose, capture · **To what, where:** Brer Rabbit

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 573 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Chimney, part 9: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox out of the chimney, and Brer Wolf makes a plan» 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/573-pg2306-part9/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:573-pg2306-part9:e4:1
# text = What stratagem did Brer Wolf propose for the capture of Brer Rabbit?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	propose	propose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	capture	capture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | stratagem |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **propose** | present | Brer |  |  |  |  | for the capture of Brer Rabbit | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **capture** |  |  | Brer Rabbit |  |  |  |  | nom capture «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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to feign the death of Brer Fox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:573-pg2306-part9:e4:o1:1
# text = to feign the death of Brer Fox
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	feign	feign	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feign** | to-infinitive |  | the death of Brer Fox |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Patient |
| 2 | **die** |  | Brer Fox |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to hide in the chimney

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:573-pg2306-part9:e4:o2:1
# text = to hide in the chimney
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the chimney |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chimney=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to fake Brer Fox's funeral

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:573-pg2306-part9:e4:o3:1
# text = to fake Brer Fox's funeral
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fake	fake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	_
4	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
6	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fake** | to-infinitive |  | Brer's funeral |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent funeral=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to feign the death of Brer Fox entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:573-pg2306-part9:e4:o4:1
# text = to feign the death of Brer Fox entirely
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	feign	feign	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feign** | to-infinitive |  | the death of Brer Fox |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Patient |
| 2 | **die** |  | Brer Fox |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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