Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank…

It is given that the Mole had not previously beheld a river. Select the response which most accurately characterises his reaction upon first doing so.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Mole · What happens: give, not behold, select, characteris, do, react · To what, where: It, Mole, response

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is given that the Mole had not previously beheld a river.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 beheld	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Mole	det
6	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 beheld	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 beheld	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 beheld	advmod
9	previously	previously	ADV	_	10 beheld	advmod
10	beheld	behold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 river	det
12	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 beheld	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	not behold	past · perfect · passive		the Mole				previously property	tree rules

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.

Sentence 2: Select the response which most accurately characterises his reaction upon first doing so.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 characterises	obj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 response	acl:relcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 reaction	nmod:poss
9	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	12 doing	mark
11	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 doing	advmod
12	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 characterises	advcl
13	so	so	ADV	_	12 doing	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	characteris	present		the response	accurately property	tree rules
3	do	gerund			first property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	react		Mole			nom reaction «process intransitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He felt the river was too cold and wet to be enjoyed at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 river	det
4	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cold	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 cold	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 cold	advmod
7	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wet	cc
9	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cold	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	12 enjoyed	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 enjoyed	aux:pass
12	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 wet	advcl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 enjoyed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	past	the river		cold property	tree rules
3	be		the river not said here			tree rules
4	enjoy	to-infinitive · passive	the river not said here	all		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»

Option 2

He was disappointed because it was not as wide as he expected

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 disappointed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 disappointed	cop
3	disappointed	disappointed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 wide	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wide	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 wide	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 wide	advmod
8	as	as	ADV	_	9 wide	advmod
9	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 disappointed	advcl
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 expected	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 expected	nsubj
12	expected	expect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 wide	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	He	disappointed property	tree rules
2	not is	past	it	wide property	tree rules
3	expect	past	he		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He was puzzled by the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 puzzled	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 puzzled	aux:pass
3	puzzled	puzzle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 water	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 puzzled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	puzzle	past · passive	the water	He					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He was bewitched and entranced

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bewitched	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bewitched	aux:pass
3	bewitched	bewitch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 entranced	cc
5	entranced	entrance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bewitched	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bewitch	past · passive		He					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	entrance	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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