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# Exam question 1 · Uncle Remus, That Deceitful Jug, part 33: an old jug makes…

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Which word, as used by Uncle Remus, is best defined as "tricky or deceitful", and which editor first doubts the jug?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** editor · **What happens:** use, define, doubt · **To what, where:** word, jug

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 597 «Uncle Remus, That Deceitful Jug, part 33: an old jug makes the newspaper men tease Uncle Remus» 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/597-pg2306-part33/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:597-pg2306-part33:e1:1
# text = Which word, as used by Uncle Remus, is best defined as "tricky or deceitful", and which editor first doubts the jug?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl:agent	_	_
8	Remus	Remus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
11	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	defined	define	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	tricky	tricky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	deceitful	deceitful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
21	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	22	det	_	_
22	editor	editor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
23	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	24	advmod	_	_
24	doubts	doubt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	jug	jug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | which word *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **define** | present · passive |  | which word |  |  |  | tricky *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **doubt** | present | which editor | the jug |  |  |  | first *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jug=Theme |

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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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"Seetful"; the agricultural editor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:597-pg2306-part33:e1:o1:1
# text = "Seetful"; the agricultural editor
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Seetful	seetful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	agricultural	agricultural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	editor	editor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"Tricky"; the sporting editor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:597-pg2306-part33:e1:o2:1
# text = "Tricky"; the sporting editor
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Tricky	tricky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sporting	sport	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	editor	editor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sport** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"Seetful"; the agricultural editor, after the staff had already teased Uncle Remus at length

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:597-pg2306-part33:e1:o3:1
# text = "Seetful"; the agricultural editor, after the staff had already teased Uncle Remus at length
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Seetful	seetful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	agricultural	agricultural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	editor	editor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	already	already	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	teased	tease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
15	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	Remus	Remus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tease** | past · perfect | the staff | Uncle Remus |  | length |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remus=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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"Seetful"; the agricultural editor, who first said they'd seen jugs before

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:597-pg2306-part33:e1:o4:1
# text = "Seetful"; the agricultural editor, who first said they'd seen jugs before
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Seetful	seetful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	agricultural	agricultural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	editor	editor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	advmod	_	_
11	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	ccomp	_	_
15	jugs	jug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
16	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the agricultural editor |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **see before** | past · perfect | they | jugs |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jug=Stimulus |

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