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title: Where did the stranger say he knew Uncle Remus from? — Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Where did the stranger say he knew Uncle Remus from? Test 10 · ★ 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 question and of eac
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# Test 10 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Toothache, part 31: a galloping toothache…

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Where did the stranger say he knew Uncle Remus from?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** stranger · **What happens:** say, know · **To what, where:** Uncle Remus · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:t10:1
# text = Where did the stranger say he knew Uncle Remus from?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Remus	Remus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the stranger |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **know** | past | stranger | Uncle Remus |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer remus=Stimulus |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Charlstun and Sewanny, back in the day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:t10:o1:1
# text = Charlstun and Sewanny, back in the day
1	Charlstun	Charlstun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Sewanny	Sewanny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Charlstun and Augusta, way back then

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:t10:o2:1
# text = Charlstun and Augusta, way back then
1	Charlstun	Charlstun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Augusta	Augusta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Charlstun and Sewanny, and also up north in Richmond, back in the day

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:t10:o3:1
# text = Charlstun and Sewanny, and also up north in Richmond, back in the day
1	Charlstun	Charlstun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Sewanny	Sewanny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	also	also	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	up	up	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	north	north	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Richmond	Richmond	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Charlstun and Sewanny, back in the day when the mill was running

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:595-pg2306-part31:t10:o4:1
# text = Charlstun and Sewanny, back in the day when the mill was running
1	Charlstun	Charlstun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Sewanny	Sewanny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	_	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past · progressive | the mill |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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