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title: What instruction does Brer Fox give Brer Rabbit regarding the durati… — Uncle Remus, Terrapin Shows His Streng… · tree and pragmatics
description: What instruction does Brer Fox give Brer Rabbit regarding the duration of his fishing? Exam question 3 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 o
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# Exam question 3 · Uncle Remus, Terrapin Shows His Strength, part 1: a bet at…

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What instruction does Brer Fox give Brer Rabbit regarding the duration of his fishing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** instruction, Brer · **What happens:** fox, give, regard, fish · **To what, where:** Brer

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:e3:1
# text = What instruction does Brer Fox give Brer Rabbit regarding the duration of his fishing?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	Fox	fox	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
7	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
9	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fox** | present · do-support | what instruction |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | infinitive | what instruction *not said here* | Brer |  |  |  | regard the duration of Brer's fishing | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brer=Theme |
| 3 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **fish** |  | Brer |  |  |  |  |  | nom fishing «act transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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to remain until daylight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:e3:o1:1
# text = to remain until daylight
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	remain	remain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	until	until	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	daylight	daylight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | until daylight |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to remain at the creek until the sun comes up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:e3:o2:1
# text = to remain at the creek until the sun comes up
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	remain	remain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	creek	creek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the creek |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at creek=Location |
| 2 | **come up** | present | the sun |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to return before the dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:e3:o3:1
# text = to return before the dawn
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	return	return	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	before	before	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | dawn |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to stay out till midnight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:e3:o4:1
# text = to stay out till midnight
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	till	till	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay out** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | midnight |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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