Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 2: The River Bank…

Select the response which most accurately characterises the Rat's position in respect of the Wide World.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, characteris, respect · To what, where: response, respect, Wide World

This is exam question 3 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Rat	det
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 position	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Rat	case
11	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 respect	case
13	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 World	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 World	det
16	Wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 World	amod
17	World	World	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 respect	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	respect of the Wide World	accurately property	tree rules
3	respect			the Wide World			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He has never been, never will go, and wishes it not mentioned

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 go	advmod
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 go	cop
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 go	advmod
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 go	aux
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 has	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wishes	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wishes	cc
11	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 has	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wishes	obj
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 mentioned	advmod
14	mentioned	mention	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 wishes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	He			tree rules
2	not is	future · participle	He not said here		go property	tree rules
3	wish	present	He not said here	it		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
4	not mention speech: other	participle	He not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He has travelled there often and is happy to go again

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 travelled	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 travelled	aux
3	travelled	travell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 travelled	advmod
5	often	often	ADV	_	3 travelled	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 happy	cc
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 happy	cop
8	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 travelled	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 go	mark
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 happy	xcomp
11	again	again	ADV	_	10 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	travell	present · perfect	He	there		often property	tree rules
2	is	present	He not said here			happy property	tree rules
3	go	to-infinitive	He not said here		again		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He has been there many times, has friends in each city, and wishes to go there with the Mole

The tree, 19 words

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	4 there	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 there	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 there	cop
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 times	amod
6	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 there	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 has	punct
8	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 there	parataxis
9	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 has	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 city	case
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	12 city	det
12	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 friends	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wishes	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 wishes	cc
15	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 has	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 go	mark
17	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	15 wishes	ccomp
18	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 go	advmod
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 Mole	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Mole	det
21	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present · perfect	He			time	there property	tree rules
2	have	present		friends	each city			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient
3	wish	present						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	go not said to happen	to-infinitive			there		with the Mole	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with mole=Beneficiary

Option 4

He has been there and enjoyed it, but now prefers the river

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	4 there	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 there	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 there	cop
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 enjoyed	cc
6	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 there	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 enjoyed	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 prefers	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 prefers	cc
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 prefers	advmod
11	prefers	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 there	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 river	det
13	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 prefers	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present · perfect	He			there property	tree rules
2	enjoy	past	He not said here	it			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
3	prefer	present	He not said here	the river	now		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer river=Stimulus

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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