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title: Which implement did Brer Fox seize before proceeding to the goober-p… — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which implement did Brer Fox seize before proceeding to the goober-patch? Exam question 2 of lesson 581 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear, part 17: Brer Bear takes Rabbit's place on the sapling, gets beaten, then is tricked by Bull-frog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear, part 17: Brer Bear…

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Which implement did Brer Fox seize before proceeding to the goober-patch?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** implement, Brer · **What happens:** do, seize, proceed

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 581 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear, part 17: Brer Bear takes Rabbit's place on the sapling, gets beaten, then is tricked by Bull-frog» 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/581-pg2306-part17/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:581-pg2306-part17:e2:1
# text = Which implement did Brer Fox seize before proceeding to the goober-patch?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	implement	implement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	seize	seize	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	proceeding	proceed	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	goober	goober	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	patch	patch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which implement |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **seize** | present | Brer |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **proceed** | gerund | Brer *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the goober patch | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=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 {#o1}

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a heavy walking-stick he kept by the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:581-pg2306-part17:e2:o1:1
# text = a heavy walking-stick he kept by the door
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	walking	walking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | a heavy walking stick |  |  |  |  | by the door | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by door=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a knotty walking-stick from the porch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:581-pg2306-part17:e2:o2:1
# text = a knotty walking-stick from the porch
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	knotty	knotty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	walking	walking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	porch	porch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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a walking-stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:581-pg2306-part17:e2:o3:1
# text = a walking-stick
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	walking	walking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a hickory hoe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:581-pg2306-part17:e2:o4:1
# text = a hickory hoe
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hickory	hickory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	hoe	hoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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