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description: Which creature, in the sequence described, is the last to approach the dwelling? Exam question 4 of lesson 586 «Uncle Remus, A Plantation Witch, part 1: the boy hears of witch-stirrups and a witch who loses his skin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 4 · Uncle Remus, A Plantation Witch, part 1: the boy hears of…

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Which creature, in the sequence described, is the last to approach the dwelling?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** creature · **What happens:** describe, be, approach · **To what, where:** sequence, dwelling

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 586 «Uncle Remus, A Plantation Witch, part 1: the boy hears of witch-stirrups and a witch who loses his skin» 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/586-pg2306-part22/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:e4:1
# text = Which creature, in the sequence described, is the last to approach the dwelling?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sequence	sequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	approach	approach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	csubj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | participle |  | the sequence *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | which creature |  |  |  |  | last *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **approach** | to-infinitive |  | the dwelling |  |  |  |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwelling=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 {#o1}

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A great black wolf with eyes like fire coals that glow in the dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:e4:o1:1
# text = A great black wolf with eyes like fire coals that glow in the dark
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	coals	coal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	glow	glow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | present | fire coals |  |  | the dark |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A great black wolf with fiery eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:e4:o2:1
# text = A great black wolf with fiery eyes
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	fiery	fiery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The little black cat with yellow eyes that came up the path after the owl was gone

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:e4:o3:1
# text = The little black cat with yellow eyes that came up the path after the owl was gone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come up** | past | yellow eyes | the path |  |  | after the owl |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location path=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | the little black cat with yellow eyes |  |  |  |  | gone *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A big black cat with yellow eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:e4:o4:1
# text = A big black cat with yellow eyes
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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