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title: What does the sporting editor declare that Uncle Remus has achieved… — Uncle Remus, That Deceitful Jug, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What does the sporting editor declare that Uncle Remus has achieved in the talking match? Exam question 3 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 and pragmati
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# Exam question 3 · Uncle Remus, That Deceitful Jug, part 33: an old jug makes…

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What does the sporting editor declare that Uncle Remus has achieved in the talking match?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sporting editor · **What happens:** sport, declare, achieve · **To what, where:** Uncle Remus, talking match

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:597-pg2306-part33:e3:1
# text = What does the sporting editor declare that Uncle Remus has achieved in the talking match?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sporting	sport	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	editor	editor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	declare	declare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Remus	Remus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	achieved	achieve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	talking	talking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sport** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | present · do-support | the sporting editor |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Attribute |
| 3 | **achieve** | present · perfect · passive |  | Uncle Remus |  | the talking match |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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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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The winning of the money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:597-pg2306-part33:e3:o1:1
# text = The winning of the money
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	winning	winning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** |  |  | the money |  |  |  |  | nom winning «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:597-pg2306-part33:e3:o2:1
# text = The money
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The winning of the money, as the sporting editor has settled the whole wager

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:597-pg2306-part33:e3:o3:1
# text = The winning of the money, as the sporting editor has settled the whole wager
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	winning	winning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sporting	sport	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	editor	editor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	settled	settle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	wager	wager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sport** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **settle** | present · perfect · passive |  | the winning of the money |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **win** |  |  | the money |  |  |  |  | nom winning «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The winning of the money from the talking match, after the sporting editor's long argument about the bet

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:597-pg2306-part33:e3:o4:1
# text = The winning of the money from the talking match, after the sporting editor's long argument about the bet
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	winning	winning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	talking	talking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	sporting	sport	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	amod	_	_
14	editor	editor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
18	about	about	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	bet	bet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sport** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **win** |  |  | the money from the talking match |  |  |  |  | nom winning «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **argue** |  | the sporting editor |  |  |  |  | about the bet | nom argument «communication transitive»: poss=agent about=obl |

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