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# Exam question 1 · Uncle Remus, Brer Bear's Swelled Head: Brer Rabbit tricks…

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To whom did Brer Rabbit address his deceptive invitation regarding the bee-tree?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Brer · **What happens:** address, regard, invite · **To what, where:** deceptive invitation

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 584 «Uncle Remus, Brer Bear's Swelled Head: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Bear into a bee-tree, then Brer Rabbit is caught in Mr. Man's trap» 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/584-pg2306-part20/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:584-pg2306-part20:e1:1
# text = To whom did Brer Rabbit address his deceptive invitation regarding the bee-tree?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	address	address	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	deceptive	deceptive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	invitation	invitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **address** | past · do-support | Brer | Brer's deceptive invitation |  |  |  | regard the bee tree | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Destination |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **invite** |  | Brer |  |  |  |  | regard the bee tree | nom invitation «communication transitive»: poss=agent regard=obl |

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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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To Brer Fox, who declined it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:584-pg2306-part20:e1:o1:1
# text = To Brer Fox, who declined it
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
3	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	declined	decline	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decline** | past |  | it | Brer |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient it=Extent to brer=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To Brer Fox, who politely refused the invitation and walked off down the road

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:584-pg2306-part20:e1:o2:1
# text = To Brer Fox, who politely refused the invitation and walked off down the road
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	invitation	invitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	down	down	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past |  | the invitation | Brer |  |  | politely *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme |
| 2 | **walk off** | past |  |  |  |  |  | down the road | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To Brer Bear, who eagerly accepted the offer and climbed right up the tree

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:584-pg2306-part20:e1:o3:1
# text = To Brer Bear, who eagerly accepted the offer and climbed right up the tree
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	Bear	Bear	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	eagerly	eagerly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	accepted	accept	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	right	right	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | past |  | the offer | Brer |  |  | eagerly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent offer=Theme to brer=be' |
| 2 | **climb** | past |  |  |  | the tree |  | right *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up tree=Trajectory |

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

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To Brer Bear, who accepted it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:584-pg2306-part20:e1:o4:1
# text = To Brer Bear, who accepted it
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
3	Bear	Bear	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	accepted	accept	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | past |  | it | Brer |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme to brer=be' |

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