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title: Which statement best reflects Uncle Remus's view of work and food? — Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savan… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which statement best reflects Uncle Remus's view of work and food? Exam question 2 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 schoo
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# Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, part 30:…

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Which statement best reflects Uncle Remus's view of work and food?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** statement, Uncle Remus · **What happens:** reflect, view · **To what, where:** view, work

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:e2:1
# text = Which statement best reflects Uncle Remus's view of work and food?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	2	advmod	_	_
4	reflects	reflect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Remus	Remus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reflect** | present | which statement | Uncle Remus's view of work and food |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **view** |  | Uncle Remus | work and food |  |  |  |  | nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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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Food unearned belongs to another man, and a lazy man should starve for his pride

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:e2:o1:1
# text = Food unearned belongs to another man, and a lazy man should starve for his pride
1	Food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	unearned	unearned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
3	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	starve	starve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | Food |  |  |  |  | to another man | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **starve** | should | a lazy man |  |  |  |  | for man's pride | tree rules |
| 3 | **pride** |  | man |  |  |  |  |  | nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Idle hands should not eat at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:e2:o2:1
# text = Idle hands should not eat at all
1	Idle	idle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | should | Idle hands |  |  | all |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Food unearned belongs to another man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:e2:o3:1
# text = Food unearned belongs to another man
1	Food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	unearned	unearned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
3	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | Food |  |  |  |  | to another man | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Men who do not work for their food are thieves, and the rice planter owns their share

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:e2:o4:1
# text = Men who do not work for their food are thieves, and the rice planter owns their share
1	Men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	planter	planter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
17	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **work** | present · do-support | Men |  |  |  |  | for Men's food | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for food=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Men | thieves |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **own** | present | the rice planter | Men's share |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot share=Theme |
| 4 | **share** |  | Men *= man* |  |  |  |  |  | nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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