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title: Which party is responsible for planting the goober patch that Brer R… — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzz… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which party is responsible for planting the goober patch that Brer Rabbit subsequently raided? Exam question 3 of lesson 580 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzzard, part 16: Rabbit tricks Buzzard into carrying him home from the island» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen
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# Exam question 3 · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzzard, part 16: Rabbit…

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Which party is responsible for planting the goober patch that Brer Rabbit subsequently raided?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** party · **What happens:** be, plant, raid · **To what, where:** goober patch

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 580 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzzard, part 16: Rabbit tricks Buzzard into carrying him home from the island» 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/580-pg2306-part16/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:580-pg2306-part16:e3:1
# text = Which party is responsible for planting the goober patch that Brer Rabbit subsequently raided?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	planting	plant	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	goober	goober	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	patch	patch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	raided	raid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which party |  |  |  |  | responsible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **plant** | gerund | which party *not said here* | the goober patch |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patch=Patient |
| 3 | **raid** | participle · passive |  | the goober patch |  |  |  | subsequently *property* | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: subject=Location |

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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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Brer Fox, who prepared the ground and sowed the goobers himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:580-pg2306-part16:e3:o1:1
# text = Brer Fox, who prepared the ground and sowed the goobers himself
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	prepared	prepare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sowed	sow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	goobers	goober	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prepare** | past | Brer | the ground |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Patient |
| 2 | **sow** | past | Brer *not said here* | the goobers |  |  |  | Brer *obl* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent goober=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Brer Fox, who hired workers to clear and sow the field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:580-pg2306-part16:e3:o2:1
# text = Brer Fox, who hired workers to clear and sow the field
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hired	hire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	clear	clear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sow	sow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hire** | past | Brer | workers |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worker=Theme |
| 2 | **clear** | to-infinitive | Brer *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source |
| 3 | **sow** | infinitive | Brer *not said here* | the field |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent field=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brer Rabbit, who sowed them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:580-pg2306-part16:e3:o3:1
# text = Brer Rabbit, who sowed them
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sowed	sow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sow** | past | Brer | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Brer Wolf, who prepared the ground and sowed the seeds himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:580-pg2306-part16:e3:o4:1
# text = Brer Wolf, who prepared the ground and sowed the seeds himself
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	prepared	prepare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sowed	sow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prepare** | past | Brer | the ground |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Patient |
| 2 | **sow** | past | Brer *not said here* | the seeds |  |  |  | Brer *obl* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent seed=Theme |

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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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