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title: According to the narrative, which individual did the old man carry o… — Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Littl… · tree and pragmatics
description: According to the narrative, which individual did the old man carry on his back in an earlier occasion? Exam question 3 of lesson 589 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the old man refuses more tales, then offers a ride and a string of sayings and songs» of the books course of Mov
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# Exam question 3 · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the…

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According to the narrative, which individual did the old man carry on his back in an earlier occasion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old man · **What happens:** accord, carry · **To what, where:** narrative, back

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 589 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the old man refuses more tales, then offers a ride and a string of sayings and songs» 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/589-pg2306-part25/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:e3:1
# text = According to the narrative, which individual did the old man carry on his back in an earlier occasion?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	individual	individual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	19	amod	_	_
19	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the narrative *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to narrative=Goal |
| 2 | **carry** | past · do-support | the old man |  |  | man's back |  | in a earlier occasion | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in occasion=Location |

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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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Sam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:e3:o1:1
# text = Sam
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Unk Jeems

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:e3:o2:1
# text = Unk Jeems
1	Unk	Unk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Jeems	Jeems	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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Mars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:e3:o3:1
# text = Mars
1	Mars	Mars	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Brer Fox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:e3:o4:1
# 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.

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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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