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description: Through what aperture did Brer Possum effect his escape from the grasp of Brer Bear? Exam question 4 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 dependency t
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# Exam question 4 · Uncle Remus, Possum Has No Hair on His Tail: Brer Possum l…

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Through what aperture did Brer Possum effect his escape from the grasp of Brer Bear?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** aperture · **What happens:** do, escape, grasp · **To what, where:** Possum effect, grasp, Brer Bear

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:e4:1
# text = Through what aperture did Brer Possum effect his escape from the grasp of Brer Bear?
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	aperture	aperture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Possum	Possum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	escape	escape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	grasp	grasp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | aperture | Possum effect  aperture's escape |  | the grasp of Brer Bear |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **escape** |  | aperture |  |  |  |  |  | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **grasp** |  |  | Brer Bear |  |  |  |  | nom grasp «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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beneath the old wooden gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:e4:o1:1
# text = beneath the old wooden gate
1	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	gate	gate	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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between the rails of the fence near the orchard gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:e4:o2:1
# text = between the rails of the fence near the orchard gate
1	between	between	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rails	rail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	orchard	orchard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by squeezing between the rails of the wooden fence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:e4:o3:1
# text = by squeezing between the rails of the wooden fence
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	squeezing	squeeze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rails	rail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squeeze** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | between the rails of the wooden fence | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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

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between the rails of the fence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:583-pg2306-part19:e4:o4:1
# text = between the rails of the fence
1	between	between	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rails	rail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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