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# Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit, Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a…

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With reference to the text, what object did Brer Rabbit employ to disguise his appearance at the gathering?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** rabbit, disguise · **To what, where:** employ, appearance, gathering

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 585 «Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit, Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a Dust: Fox is tied up and beaten, Rabbit wins a wife» 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/585-pg2306-part21/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:585-pg2306-part21:e2:1
# text = With reference to the text, what object did Brer Rabbit employ to disguise his appearance at the gathering?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
8	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	Rabbit	rabbit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	employ	employ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	disguise	disguise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	gathering	gathering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rabbit** | past · do-support | object | employ |  |  |  | with reference to the text | tree rules |
| 2 | **disguise** | to-infinitive | object *not said here* | Brer's appearance |  | the gathering |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme appearance=Destination |

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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 {#o1}

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A big cloak, dyed with berry juice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:585-pg2306-part21:e2:o1:1
# text = A big cloak, dyed with berry juice
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	dyed	dye	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	berry	berry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dye** | participle |  | a big cloak *not said here* |  |  |  | with berry juice | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Brer Coon's hat, stuffed with straw and mud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:585-pg2306-part21:e2:o2:1
# text = Brer Coon's hat, stuffed with straw and mud
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	Coon	Coon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
4	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	stuffed	stuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stuff** | participle |  | Brer's hat *not said here* |  |  |  | with straw and mud | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with straw=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Brer Coon's slippers, filled with ashes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:585-pg2306-part21:e2:o3:1
# text = Brer Coon's slippers, filled with ashes
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	Coon	Coon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
4	slippers	slipper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | participle · passive |  | Brer's slippers |  |  |  | with ashes | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with ash=Instrument |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Old hat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:585-pg2306-part21:e2:o4:1
# text = Old hat
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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