--- title: Which action did Uncle Remus propose regarding the boy on Whitehall… — Uncle Remus, The Florida Watermelon, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Which action did Uncle Remus propose regarding the boy on Whitehall Street? Exam question 1 of lesson 598 «Uncle Remus, The Florida Watermelon, part 34: Remus warns a boy, tells of a stomach ache, and grumbles about schooling» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/598-pg2306-part34/e1/) [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, The Florida Watermelon, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/598-pg2306-part34/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Uncle Remus, The Florida Watermelon, part 34: Remus warns… Which action did Uncle Remus propose regarding the boy on Whitehall Street? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action, Uncle · **What happens:** do, propose, regard This is exam question 1 of lesson 598 «Uncle Remus, The Florida Watermelon, part 34: Remus warns a boy, tells of a stomach ache, and grumbles about schooling» 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/598-pg2306-part34/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:598-pg2306-part34:e1:1 # text = Which action did Uncle Remus propose regarding the boy on Whitehall Street? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 propose propose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 regarding regard VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 Whitehall Whitehall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 Street Street PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which action | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **propose** | present | Uncle | | | | | regard the boy on Whitehall Street | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **regard** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 {#o1} To chase him off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:598-pg2306-part34:e1:o1:1 # text = To chase him off 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 chase chase VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase off** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} To send him away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:598-pg2306-part34:e1:o2:1 # text = To send him away 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 send send VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send away** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} To lay him out flat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:598-pg2306-part34:e1:o3:1 # text = To lay him out flat 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 lay lay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 flat flat ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay out** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | flat *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} To scold him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:598-pg2306-part34:e1:o4:1 # text = To scold him 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 scold scold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scold** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | **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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