--- title: Which of the following describes how Brer Terrapin concluded the con… — Uncle Remus, The Fate of Mr. Fox: a ta… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following describes how Brer Terrapin concluded the contest with Miss Meadows? Exam question 1 of lesson 578 «Uncle Remus, The Fate of Mr. Fox: a tattling sparrow gets eaten» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/578-pg2306-part14/e1/) [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 Fate of Mr. Fox: a ta…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/578-pg2306-part14/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Uncle Remus, The Fate of Mr. Fox: a tattling sparrow gets… Which of the following describes how Brer Terrapin concluded the contest with Miss Meadows? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Brer · **What happens:** follow, describe, conclude · **To what, where:** contest This is exam question 1 of lesson 578 «Uncle Remus, The Fate of Mr. Fox: a tattling sparrow gets eaten» 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/578-pg2306-part14/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:578-pg2306-part14:e1:1 # text = Which of the following describes how Brer Terrapin concluded the contest with Miss Meadows? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 obj _ _ 2 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 nsubj _ _ 5 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 7 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 Terrapin Terrapin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ _ 9 concluded conclude VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 contest contest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 Meadows meadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent which=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **conclude** | past | Brer | the contest | | | | with Miss Meadows | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector contest=Eventuality with meadow=Subeventuality | 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} He ran off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:578-pg2306-part14:e1:o1:1 # text = He ran off 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run off** | past | He | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He lost the prize ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:578-pg2306-part14:e1:o2:1 # text = He lost the prize 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | He | the prize | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} He fastened the winnings to himself and left quietly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:578-pg2306-part14:e1:o3:1 # text = He fastened the winnings to himself and left quietly 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fastened fasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 winnings winning NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fasten** | past | He | the winnings | himself *= he* | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent winning=Patient to himself=Co-Patient | | 2 | **leave** | past | He *not said here* | | | | | quietly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He secured the prize about his person and departed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:578-pg2306-part14:e1:o4:1 # text = He secured the prize about his person and departed 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 secured secure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 departed depart VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **secure** | past | He | the prize | | | | about his person | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition prize=Theme | | 2 | **depart** | participle | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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