Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank…

Identify the occupation in which the Mole was engaged at the commencement of the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, engage · To what, where: occupation, Mole

This is exam question 1 of lesson 25 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank (the Mole leaves his spring-cleaning and meets the Rat)» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 occupation	det
3	occupation	occupation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 engaged	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Mole	det
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 engaged	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 engaged	aux:pass
9	engaged	engage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 occupation	acl:relcl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 commencement	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 commencement	det
12	commencement	commencement	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 engaged	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 narrative	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 narrative	det
15	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 commencement	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the occupation					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent occupation=Theme
2	engage	past · passive		the Mole		the occupation		at the commencement of the narrative	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in which=Goal

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

Option 1

The whitewashing and dusting of every room in his underground home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 whitewashing	det
2	whitewashing	whitewashing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 dusting	cc
4	dusting	dusting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 whitewashing	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 room	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 room	det
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 whitewashing	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 home	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 home	nmod:poss
10	underground	underground	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 home	amod
11	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 room	nmod

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Digging a new tunnel for winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Digging	dig	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tunnel	det
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tunnel	amod
4	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Digging	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 winter	case
6	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Digging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	gerund		a new tunnel			winter		vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tunnel=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The spring-cleaning of his dwelling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cleaning	det
2	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cleaning	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 spring	punct
4	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 dwelling	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 dwelling	nmod:poss
7	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cleaning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean		his dwelling						nom cleaning «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

Painting the walls of his hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Painting	paint	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 walls	det
3	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Painting	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 hall	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hall	nmod:poss
6	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walls	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	gerund		the walls of his hall					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent wall=Destination

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