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title: Identify the remedy the narrator proposed for the stranger's ears. — Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the remedy the narrator proposed for the stranger's ears. Exam question 4 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 pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 4 · Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a galloping toothache…

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Identify the remedy the narrator proposed for the stranger's ears.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, propose · **To what, where:** remedy, narrator

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:e4:1
# text = Identify the remedy the narrator proposed for the stranger's ears.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	remedy	remedy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	proposed	propose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the remedy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **propose** | participle |  | the narrator *not said here* |  |  |  | for the stranger's ears | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Georgia ointment, applied in a private place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:e4:o1:1
# text = Georgia ointment, applied in a private place
1	Georgia	Georgia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | participle · passive |  | Georgia ointment |  | a private place |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in place=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Georgia ointment, applied in a private place after the dentist's visit and a long nap

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:e4:o2:1
# text = Georgia ointment, applied in a private place after the dentist's visit and a long nap
1	Georgia	Georgia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dentist	dentist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	visit	visit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	nap	nap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | participle |  | Georgia ointment *not said here* |  | a private place after the dentist's visit and a long nap |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in place=Destination |
| 2 | **visit** |  | the dentist |  |  |  |  |  | nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Georgia ointment, poured in a quiet room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:e4:o3:1
# text = Georgia ointment, poured in a quiet room
1	Georgia	Georgia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	poured	pour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | participle | Georgia ointment |  |  | a quiet room |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Georgia ointment, applied in a private place out behind the mill house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:e4:o4:1
# text = Georgia ointment, applied in a private place out behind the mill house
1	Georgia	Georgia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	out	out	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
10	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | participle · passive |  | Georgia ointment |  | a private place |  | behind the mill house; out *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in place=Destination |

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