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title: What term did the agricultural editor employ in addressing the narra… — Uncle Remus, The Fourth of July, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What term did the agricultural editor employ in addressing the narrator? Exam question 2 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 prim
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# Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus, The Fourth of July, part 35: Uncle Remus show…

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What term did the agricultural editor employ in addressing the narrator?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** term, agricultural editor employ · **What happens:** do, address · **To what, where:** agricultural editor employ, narrator

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:e2:1
# text = What term did the agricultural editor employ in addressing the narrator?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	agricultural	agricultural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	editor	editor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	employ	employ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	addressing	address	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | term | the agricultural editor employ |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **address** | gerund | the agricultural editor employ *not said here* | the narrator |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent narrator=Destination |

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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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"you low-down sneaking old villain from the river"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:e2:o1:1
# text = "you low-down sneaking old villain from the river"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	sneaking	sneak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	villain	villain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneak** *in a quote* | gerund | you | old villain |  | the river |  | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent villain=Theme from river=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"you old villain, get off my land"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:e2:o2:1
# text = "you old villain, get off my land"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	villain	villain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **villain** *in a quote* |  | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get off** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | my land |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"you old rascal"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:e2:o3:1
# text = "you old rascal"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	rascal	rascal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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"you old villain"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:e2:o4:1
# text = "you old villain"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	villain	villain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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