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title: What prevents Brer Bear from moving Brer Terrapin during the tug-of-… — Uncle Remus, Terrapin Shows His Streng… · tree and pragmatics
description: What prevents Brer Bear from moving Brer Terrapin during the tug-of-war? Exam question 2 of lesson 582 «Uncle Remus, Terrapin Shows His Strength, part 1: a bet at the candy-pulling and a tug-of-war» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus, Terrapin Shows His Strength, part 1: a bet at…

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What prevents Brer Bear from moving Brer Terrapin during the tug-of-war?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** prevent, move · **To what, where:** Brer Bear, Brer

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 582 «Uncle Remus, Terrapin Shows His Strength, part 1: a bet at the candy-pulling and a tug-of-war» 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/582-pg2306-part18/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:e2:1
# text = What prevents Brer Bear from moving Brer Terrapin during the tug-of-war?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prevents	prevent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	Terrapin	Terrapin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
9	during	during	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
11	tug	tug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | present |  | Brer Bear |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer bear=Theme |
| 2 | **move** | gerund |  | Brer |  |  | during the war |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme brer=Result |

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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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the cord anchored to a clay-root

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:e2:o1:1
# text = the cord anchored to a clay-root
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	anchored	anchor	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **anchor** | participle |  | the cord *not said here* |  |  |  | to a clay root | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to root=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the slippery mud on the bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:e2:o2:1
# text = the slippery mud on the bank
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	slippery	slippery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the other animals holding on to the cord

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:e2:o3:1
# text = the other animals holding on to the cord
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold on** | gerund | the other animals *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the cord | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the heavy rope tied tight around his waist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:e2:o4:1
# text = the heavy rope tied tight around his waist
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	tight	tight	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	around	around	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	waist	waist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle |  | the heavy rope *not said here* |  | his waist |  | tight *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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