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description: Which animal, according to the text, was the first to leap over the burning brush-heap? Exam question 1 of lesson 577 «Uncle Remus, Rabbit Finds His Match at Last, part 13: Possum burned for butter, Rabbit bets Tarrypin a race» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 1 · Uncle Remus, Rabbit Finds His Match at Last, part 13: Poss…

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Which animal, according to the text, was the first to leap over the burning brush-heap?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** animal · **What happens:** accord, be, leap, burn · **To what, where:** burning brush heap

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 577 «Uncle Remus, Rabbit Finds His Match at Last, part 13: Possum burned for butter, Rabbit bets Tarrypin a race» 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/577-pg2306-part13/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:577-pg2306-part13:e1:1
# text = Which animal, according to the text, was the first to leap over the burning brush-heap?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	leap	leap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
14	over	over	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
16	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	19	amod	_	_
17	brush	brush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	heap	heap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | which animal and the text |  |  |  |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **leap** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the burning brush heap |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over heap=Trajectory |
| 4 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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Brer Tarrypin, the slow swamp dweller

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:577-pg2306-part13:e1:o1:1
# text = Brer Tarrypin, the slow swamp dweller
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Tarrypin	Tarrypin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	swamp	swamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	dweller	dweller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Brer Buzzard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:577-pg2306-part13:e1:o2:1
# text = Brer Buzzard
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Buzzard	Buzzard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Brer Rabbit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:577-pg2306-part13:e1:o3:1
# text = Brer Rabbit
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Brer Tukkey Buzzard, the appointed judge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:577-pg2306-part13:e1:o4:1
# text = Brer Tukkey Buzzard, the appointed judge
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Tukkey	Tukkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	Buzzard	Buzzard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	appointed	appoint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appoint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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