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description: In which county did Uncle Remus obtain the jug, and whose youth is connected with that acquisition? Exam question 2 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, with the dependency tree an
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# Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus, That Deceitful Jug, part 33: an old jug makes…

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In which county did Uncle Remus obtain the jug, and whose youth is connected with that acquisition?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Uncle · **What happens:** do, obtain, connect · **To what, where:** county, jug, youth

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:597-pg2306-part33:e2:1
# text = In which county did Uncle Remus obtain the jug, and whose youth is connected with that acquisition?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	county	county	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	Remus	Remus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	obtain	obtain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	jug	jug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	connected	connect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	acquisition	acquisition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  | which county |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **obtain** | present | Uncle | the jug |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jug=Theme |
| 3 | **connect** | present · passive |  | youth |  |  |  | with that acquisition | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with acquisition=Co-Patient |

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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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Putnam County, Georgia; Mars 'Lisha Ferryman, whose youth ran alongside the old jug

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:597-pg2306-part33:e2:o1:1
# text = Putnam County, Georgia; Mars 'Lisha Ferryman, whose youth ran alongside the old jug
1	Putnam	Putnam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
2	County	County	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	Georgia	Georgia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	Mars	Mars	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Lisha	Lisha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
9	Ferryman	Ferryman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
13	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	alongside	alongside	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	jug	jug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | Putnam  Georgia |  |  | the old jug |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme alongside jug=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Putnam County; Mars 'Lisha Ferryman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:597-pg2306-part33:e2:o2:1
# text = Putnam County; Mars 'Lisha Ferryman
1	Putnam	Putnam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	County	County	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	Mars	Mars	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Lisha	Lisha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Ferryman	Ferryman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hancock County; Brer Ab Ferryman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:597-pg2306-part33:e2:o3:1
# text = Hancock County; Brer Ab Ferryman
1	Hancock	Hancock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	County	County	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	Ab	Ab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	Ferryman	Ferryman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Morgan County; Mars 'Lisha Ferrell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:597-pg2306-part33:e2:o4:1
# text = Morgan County; Mars 'Lisha Ferrell
1	Morgan	Morgan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	County	County	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	Mars	Mars	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Lisha	Lisha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	Ferrell	Ferrell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
```

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

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