Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 2: The River Bank…
Identify the article which the Rat conveyed from his dwelling to the boat prior to their departure.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Rat, their · What happens: identify, convey, depart · To what, where: article, dwelling
This is exam question 1 of lesson 26 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 2: The River Bank (the picnic basket, the Wild Wood and the Wide World)» 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 article | det |
| 3 | article | article | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 conveyed | obj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Rat | det |
| 6 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 conveyed | nsubj |
| 7 | conveyed | convey | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 article | acl:relcl |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 dwelling | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 dwelling | nmod:poss |
| 10 | dwelling | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 conveyed | obl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 boat | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 boat | det |
| 13 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 conveyed | obl |
| 14 | prior | prior | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 17 departure | case |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 prior | fixed |
| 16 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 departure | nmod:poss |
| 17 | departure | departure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 conveyed | obl |
| 18 | . | . | 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 article | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent article=Theme | ||||
| 2 | convey | past | the Rat | the article | Rat's dwelling | to the boat; prior their departure | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent which=Theme from dwelling=Initial_Location to boat=Destination | ||
| 3 | depart | their = they | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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
A brown leather satchel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 satchel | det |
| 2 | brown | brown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 satchel | amod |
| 3 | leather | leather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 satchel | compound |
| 4 | satchel | satchel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A boat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boat | det |
| 2 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A tin lunch box, shiny
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 box | det |
| 2 | tin | tin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 box | compound |
| 3 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 box | compound |
| 4 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 shiny | punct |
| 6 | shiny | shiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 box | amod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A wicker luncheon-basket
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 basket | det |
| 2 | wicker | wicker | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 basket | amod |
| 3 | luncheon | luncheon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 basket | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 luncheon | punct |
| 5 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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