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title: State the identity the stranger ascribed to the narrator upon their… — Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the identity the stranger ascribed to the narrator upon their meeting. Exam question 3 of lesson 595 «Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a galloping toothache, a talking box, and a stranger who mistakes him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 3 · Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a galloping toothache…

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State the identity the stranger ascribed to the narrator upon their meeting.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, ascribe · **To what, where:** identity, stranger

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 595 «Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a galloping toothache, a talking box, and a stranger who mistakes him» 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/595-pg2306-part31/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:e3:1
# text = State the identity the stranger ascribed to the narrator upon their meeting.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	identity	identity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	ascribed	ascribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the identity |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ascribe** | participle |  | the stranger *not said here* |  |  |  | to the narrator upon their meeting | tree rules |

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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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Daddy Ben, a figure well known from Charleston and the old plantation roads of Georgia

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:e3:o1:1
# text = Daddy Ben, a figure well known from Charleston and the old plantation roads of Georgia
1	Daddy	Daddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Charleston	Charleston	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	plantation	plantation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Georgia	Georgia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | participle |  | a figure *not said here* |  | Charleston |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Daddy Ben, a figure known from Charleston and Savannah during the war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:e3:o2:1
# text = Daddy Ben, a figure known from Charleston and Savannah during the war
1	Daddy	Daddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Charleston	Charleston	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	Savannah	Savannah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	during	during	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | participle |  | a figure *not said here* |  | Charleston and Savannah | during the war |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Uncle Remus, a friend from Savannah

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:e3:o3:1
# text = Uncle Remus, a friend from Savannah
1	Uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Remus	Remus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Savannah	Savannah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Daddy Ben, a figure known from Charleston

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:e3:o4:1
# text = Daddy Ben, a figure known from Charleston
1	Daddy	Daddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Charleston	Charleston	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | participle |  | a figure *not said here* |  | Charleston |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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