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title: Which of the following statements correctly describes the action of… — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements correctly describes the action of Brer Rabbit upon entering the well-bucket? Exam question 1 of lesson 576 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well: Brer Fox falls down the well, and the butter goes missing» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen
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# Exam question 1 · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well: Brer Fox falls down…

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Which of the following statements correctly describes the action of Brer Rabbit upon entering the well-bucket?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action, Brer Rabbit · **What happens:** follow, describe, enter, act · **To what, where:** action, bucket

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 576 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well: Brer Fox falls down the well, and the butter goes missing» 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/576-pg2306-part12/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements correctly describes the action of Brer Rabbit upon entering the well-bucket?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
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	_	_
13	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	entering	enter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the action of Brer Rabbit |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme |
| 3 | **enter** | gerund | the action of Brer Rabbit *not said here* | the bucket |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bucket=Destination |
| 4 | **act** |  | Brer Rabbit |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: of=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 {#o1}

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He stayed in the bucket and rode up and down the well several times before leaving

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:e1:o1:1
# text = He stayed in the bucket and rode up and down the well several times before leaving
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	down	down	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
13	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | He |  |  | the bucket |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bucket=Location |
| 2 | **ride up** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **leave** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He hid inside the bucket and sank down into the dark water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:e1:o2:1
# text = He hid inside the bucket and sank down into the dark water
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	down	down	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | He |  |  | the bucket |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent inside bucket=Location |
| 2 | **sink down** | past | He *not said here* |  |  | the dark water |  | down *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He crouched inside the bucket and slid slowly down the well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:e1:o3:1
# text = He crouched inside the bucket and slid slowly down the well
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	crouched	crouch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	slid	slide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crouch** | past | He |  |  | the bucket |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside bucket=Location |
| 2 | **slide** | past | He *not said here* |  |  | the well |  | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down well=Trajectory |

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

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He concealed himself within the bucket and descended into the well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:e1:o4:1
# text = He concealed himself within the bucket and descended into the well
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	descended	descend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | past | He | himself *= he* |  |  |  | within the bucket | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |
| 2 | **descend** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  | the well |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into well=Location |

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