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title: Which of the following did the narrator conceal in a pen situated in… — Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus's Story of th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following did the narrator conceal in a pen situated in the swamp? Exam question 1 of lesson 592 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus's Story of the War, part 28: Remus hides the stock and waits with his axe as the Yankees pass» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 1 · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus's Story of the War, part 28: Remu…

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Which of the following did the narrator conceal in a pen situated in the swamp?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, conceal, situate · **To what, where:** pen, swamp

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 592 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus's Story of the War, part 28: Remus hides the stock and waits with his axe as the Yankees pass» 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/592-pg2306-part28/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:592-pg2306-part28:e1:1
# text = Which of the following did the narrator conceal in a pen situated in the swamp?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
8	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	swamp	swamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **conceal** | infinitive |  |  |  | a pen |  | of the narrator | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in pen=Location |
| 3 | **situate** | participle |  | a pen *not said here* |  | the swamp |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in swamp=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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the mules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:592-pg2306-part28:e1:o1:1
# text = the mules
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mules	mule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the valuables from the sitting-room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:592-pg2306-part28:e1:o2:1
# text = the valuables from the sitting-room
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	valuables	valuable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	sitting	sitting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the horses and the family silver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:592-pg2306-part28:e1:o3:1
# text = the horses and the family silver
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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the hogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:592-pg2306-part28:e1:o4:1
# text = the hogs
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hogs	hog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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