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title: Which creature was the principal figure who sought fruit from the or… — Uncle Remus, Possum Has No Hair on His… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which creature was the principal figure who sought fruit from the orchard of Brer Bear? Exam question 1 of lesson 583 «Uncle Remus, Possum Has No Hair on His Tail: Brer Possum loses his tail hair while stealing Brer Bear's persimmons.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Exam question 1 · Uncle Remus, Possum Has No Hair on His Tail: Brer Possum l…

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Which creature was the principal figure who sought fruit from the orchard of Brer Bear?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** creature, principal figure · **What happens:** be, seek · **To what, where:** principal figure, fruit, orchard

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 583 «Uncle Remus, Possum Has No Hair on His Tail: Brer Possum loses his tail hair while stealing Brer Bear's persimmons.» 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/583-pg2306-part19/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:e1:1
# text = Which creature was the principal figure who sought fruit from the orchard of Brer Bear?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sought	seek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	orchard	orchard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Bear	Bear	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | which creature | the principal figure |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **seek** | past | the principal figure | fruit |  | the orchard of Brer Bear |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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Brer Fox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:e1:o1:1
# text = Brer Fox
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Brer Terrapin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:e1:o2:1
# text = Brer Terrapin
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Terrapin	Terrapin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Brer Bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:e1:o3:1
# text = Brer Bear
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Bear	Bear	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Brer Possum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:e1:o4:1
# text = Brer Possum
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Possum	Possum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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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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