--- title: To what destination did the impoverished family propose to travel wi… — Uncle Remus, A Case of Measles, part 3… · tree and pragmatics description: To what destination did the impoverished family propose to travel without a valid ticket? Exam question 2 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 s --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/596-pg2306-part32/e2/) [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, A Case of Measles, part 3…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/596-pg2306-part32/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus, A Case of Measles, part 32: Remus brags, gets… To what destination did the impoverished family propose to travel without a valid ticket? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** destination, impoverished family · **What happens:** do, impoverish, propose, travel This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:e2:1 # text = To what destination did the impoverished family propose to travel without a valid ticket? 1 To to ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 3 destination destination NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 impoverished impoverish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 propose propose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 without without ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 valid valid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 ticket ticket NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | destination | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **impoverish** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **propose** | infinitive | the impoverished family | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to what=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **travel** | to-infinitive | the impoverished family *not said here* | | | | | without a valid ticket | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Alabama ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:e2:o1:1 # text = Alabama 1 Alabama Alabama PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Atlanta ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:e2:o2:1 # text = Atlanta 1 Atlanta Atlanta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Tallapoosa, Alabama ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:e2:o3:1 # text = Tallapoosa, Alabama 1 Tallapoosa Tallapoosa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 Alabama Alabama PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Jonesboro, Mississippi ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:e2:o4:1 # text = Jonesboro, Mississippi 1 Jonesboro Jonesboro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 Mississippi Mississippi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` 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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