--- title: In what container does Brer Rabbit direct Brer Wolf to take refuge? — Uncle Remus, The Awful Fate of Mr. Wol… · tree and pragmatics description: In what container does Brer Rabbit direct Brer Wolf to take refuge? Exam question 2 of lesson 574 «Uncle Remus, The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf, part 10: Brer Rabbit traps Brer Wolf in a chest and then sets a kettle on the fire» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/574-pg2306-part10/e2/) [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, The Awful Fate of Mr. Wol…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/574-pg2306-part10/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus, The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf, part 10: Brer Rab… In what container does Brer Rabbit direct Brer Wolf to take refuge? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Brer · **What happens:** rabbit, take · **To what, where:** direct Brer, container, refuge This is exam question 2 of lesson 574 «Uncle Remus, The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf, part 10: Brer Rabbit traps Brer Wolf in a chest and then sets a kettle on the fire» 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/574-pg2306-part10/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:574-pg2306-part10:e2:1 # text = In what container does Brer Rabbit direct Brer Wolf to take refuge? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 container container NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 Rabbit rabbit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 direct direct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 Wolf Wolf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 12 refuge refuge NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rabbit** | present · do-support | Brer | direct Brer | | what container | | | vn berry-13.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brer=Location | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | Brer *not said here* | refuge | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refuge=Theme | 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 large chest with a hasp and a hook on the lid ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:574-pg2306-part10:e2:o1:1 # text = A large chest with a hasp and a hook on the lid 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hasp hasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A box ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:574-pg2306-part10:e2:o2:1 # text = A box 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A sack ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:574-pg2306-part10:e2:o3:1 # text = A sack 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A large chest with a hasp ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:574-pg2306-part10:e2:o4:1 # text = A large chest with a hasp 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hasp hasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` 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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