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description: Which phrase best describes the attitude of the Savannah servant toward those not born on the rice-growing coast? Exam question 1 of lesson 594 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, part 30: a proud coast servant brags, Remus teases back, then a toothache sends him grumbling to the offi
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# Exam question 1 · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, part 30:…

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Which phrase best describes the attitude of the Savannah servant toward those not born on the rice-growing coast?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase · **What happens:** describe, not bear, grow · **To what, where:** attitude, growing coast

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 594 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, part 30: a proud coast servant brags, Remus teases back, then a toothache sends him grumbling to the office» 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/594-pg2306-part30/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:e1:1
# text = Which phrase best describes the attitude of the Savannah servant toward those not born on the rice-growing coast?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	attitude	attitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Savannah	Savannah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	10	nmod	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
17	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	amod	_	_
20	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which phrase | the attitude of the Savannah servant toward those |  |  |  | well *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent attitude=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **bear** | participle |  |  |  | the growing coast |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **grow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Quiet respect and envy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:e1:o1:1
# text = Quiet respect and envy
1	Quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	envy	envy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mild interest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:e1:o2:1
# text = Mild interest
1	Mild	mild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Plain scorn and pride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:e1:o3:1
# text = Plain scorn and pride
1	Plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	scorn	scorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	pride	pride	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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Undisguised contempt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:e1:o4:1
# text = Undisguised contempt
1	Undisguised	undisguised	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	contempt	contempt	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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