--- title: Which quality most accurately describes Uncle Remus's response to th… — Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savan… · tree and pragmatics description: Which quality most accurately describes Uncle Remus's response to the teasing of his acquaintances? Exam question 4 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 boo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/594-pg2306-part30/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, part 30:… Which quality most accurately describes Uncle Remus's response to the teasing of his acquaintances? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Remus · **What happens:** describe, tease, acquaint · **To what, where:** quality, acquaintances This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:e4:1 # text = Which quality most accurately describes Uncle Remus's response to the teasing of his acquaintances? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 quality quality NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 teasing teasing NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 of of 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 acquaintances acquaintance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present | | which quality | | | | accurately *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **tease** | | | Remus's acquaintances | | | | | nom teasing «act transitive»: of=patient | | 3 | **acquaint** | | Remus | | | | | | nom acquaintance «cognition 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Impassive composure ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:e4:o1:1 # text = Impassive composure 1 Impassive impassive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 composure composure NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Gentle, cheerful humor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:e4:o2:1 # text = Gentle, cheerful humor 1 Gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 cheerful cheerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 humor humor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Anger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:e4:o3:1 # text = Anger 1 Anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Stubborn silence ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:e4:o4:1 # text = Stubborn silence 1 Stubborn stubborn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 silence silence 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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