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title: Pursuant to the passage, at what location was the narrator stationed… — Uncle Remus, The Fourth of July, part… · tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 1 · Uncle Remus, The Fourth of July, part 35: Uncle Remus show…

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Pursuant to the passage, at what location was the narrator stationed when the altercation commenced?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** location, passage, altercation · **What happens:** be, station, commence · **To what, where:** narrator

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 599 «Uncle Remus, The Fourth of July, part 35: Uncle Remus shows up bandaged on the Fourth of July, and the newspaper men question him about a fight with a slick man» 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/599-pg2306-part35/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:e1:1
# text = Pursuant to the passage, at what location was the narrator stationed when the altercation commenced?
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nmod	_	_
8	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	stationed	station	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	altercation	altercation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	commenced	commence	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | location | the narrator |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **station** | past | the passage |  |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **commence** | participle | the altercation |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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Positioned across from the courthouse square and its wide fountain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:e1:o1:1
# text = Positioned across from the courthouse square and its wide fountain
1	Positioned	position	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	across	across	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	courthouse	courthouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **position** | participle |  |  |  | the courthouse square and its wide fountain |  | across *property* | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Stationed in the shade of a tall oak tree at the corner of the square

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:e1:o2:1
# text = Stationed in the shade of a tall oak tree at the corner of the square
1	Stationed	station	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shade	shade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **station** | participle |  |  |  | the shade of a tall oak tree |  | at the corner of the square | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in shade=Destination |
| 2 | **shade** |  |  | a tall oak tree |  |  |  |  | nom shade «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Standing beside the county jail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:e1:o3:1
# text = Standing beside the county jail
1	Standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	county	county	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	jail	jail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund |  |  |  | the county jail |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside jail=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Adjacent to Mars John Jeems's bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:e1:o4:1
# text = Adjacent to Mars John Jeems's bank
1	Adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	Mars	Mars	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	Jeems	Jeems	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
7	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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

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