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title: With what illness does the narrator claim to have been afflicted, an… — Uncle Remus, A Case of Measles, part 3… · tree and pragmatics
description: With what illness does the narrator claim to have been afflicted, and for what period was he confined to bed? Exam question 1 of lesson 596 «Uncle Remus, A Case of Measles, part 32: Remus brags, gets sick, warns a poor family, and confesses to a murder that may not have happened» of the books course
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# Exam question 1 · Uncle Remus, A Case of Measles, part 32: Remus brags, gets…

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With what illness does the narrator claim to have been afflicted, and for what period was he confined to bed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** illness · **What happens:** do, afflict, confine · **To what, where:** narrator claim, period, bed

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 596 «Uncle Remus, A Case of Measles, part 32: Remus brags, gets sick, warns a poor family, and confesses to a murder that may not have happened» 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/596-pg2306-part32/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:e1:1
# text = With what illness does the narrator claim to have been afflicted, and for what period was he confined to bed?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
9	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	afflicted	afflict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	obl	_	_
16	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	confined	confine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl:relcl	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | illness | the narrator claim |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Eventuality |
| 2 | **afflict** | to-infinitive · perfect · passive | illness *not said here* | the narrator claim *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
| 3 | **confine** | past · passive |  | period |  | bed |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to bed=Destination |

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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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the measles, for nearly one month, under his old aunt's care

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:e1:o1:1
# text = the measles, for nearly one month, under his old aunt's care
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	measles	measle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	under	under	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** |  | his old aunt |  |  |  |  |  | nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
measles, for nearly a week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:e1:o2:1
# text = measles, for nearly a week
1	measles	measle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
measles, confined to bed for nearly one month, with a fever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:e1:o3:1
# text = measles, confined to bed for nearly one month, with a fever
1	measles	measle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	confined	confine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confine** | participle · passive |  | measles |  | bed | month |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to bed=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
measles, for nearly one month

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:e1:o4:1
# text = measles, for nearly one month
1	measles	measle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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