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title: Which bodily injury is described by simile in the passage? — Uncle Remus, The Fourth of July, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which bodily injury is described by simile in the passage? Exam question 3 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, wi
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# Exam question 3 · Uncle Remus, The Fourth of July, part 35: Uncle Remus show…

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Which bodily injury is described by simile in the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** simile · **What happens:** describe · **To what, where:** passage

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:e3:1
# text = Which bodily injury is described by simile in the passage?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	bodily	bodily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	simile	simile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present · passive | simile |  |  | the passage |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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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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The bruised knee, likened to a cracked wagon wheel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:e3:o1:1
# text = The bruised knee, likened to a cracked wagon wheel
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bruised	bruise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	knee	knee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	likened	liken	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	cracked	crack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
9	wagon	wagon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bruise** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **liken** | participle |  | the bruised knee *not said here* |  |  |  | to a cracked wagon wheel | tree rules |
| 3 | **crack** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The bandaged head, likened to a bass-drum stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:e3:o2:1
# text = The bandaged head, likened to a bass-drum stick
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bandaged	bandage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	likened	liken	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	bass	bass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	drum	drum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bandage** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **liken** | participle |  | the bandaged head *not said here* |  |  |  | to a drum stick | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The bloody lip, likened to a split and rotting cherry hanging from a hickory tree

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:e3:o3:1
# text = The bloody lip, likened to a split and rotting cherry hanging from a hickory tree
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lip	lip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	likened	liken	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	split	split	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	rotting	rot	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	cherry	cherry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	hickory	hickory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **liken** | participle |  | the bloody lip *not said here* |  |  |  | to a split and rotting cherry | tree rules |
| 2 | **rot** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **hang** | gerund | rotting cherry *not said here* |  |  | a hickory tree |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The swollen nose, likened to a ripe pumpkin left out in the summer heat too long

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:e3:o4:1
# text = The swollen nose, likened to a ripe pumpkin left out in the summer heat too long
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	swollen	swollen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	likened	liken	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	ripe	ripe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	pumpkin	pumpkin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	too	too	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **liken** | participle |  | the swollen nose *not said here* |  |  |  | to a ripe pumpkin | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave out** | participle |  | a ripe pumpkin *not said here* |  | the summer heat |  | long *property* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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