--- title: Which term denotes the condition that causes Uncle Remus's sullen re… — Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savan… · tree and pragmatics description: Which term denotes the condition that causes Uncle Remus's sullen resignation in the final sketch? Exam question 3 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 book --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/594-pg2306-part30/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savan…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/594-pg2306-part30/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, part 30:… Which term denotes the condition that causes Uncle Remus's sullen resignation in the final sketch? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** term, condition, Uncle Remus · **What happens:** denote, cause, resign · **To what, where:** condition, sullen resignation, final sketch This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:e3:1 # text = Which term denotes the condition that causes Uncle Remus's sullen resignation in the final sketch? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 causes cause VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 sullen sullen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 resignation resignation NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 sketch sketch NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | which term | the condition | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot condition=Topic | | 2 | **cause** | present | the condition | Uncle Remus's sullen resignation | | the final sketch | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition resignation=Patient | | 3 | **resign** | | Uncle Remus | | | | | | nom resignation «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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} Headache ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:e3:o1:1 # text = Headache 1 Headache headache NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Earache ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:e3:o2:1 # text = Earache 1 Earache earache NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Toothache ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:e3:o3:1 # text = Toothache 1 Toothache toothache NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Fever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:e3:o4:1 # text = Fever 1 Fever fever NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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