Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 2: The River Bank…
It is given that the Mole had neither eaten nor drunk since an early hour. State the term employed in the text for food and drink so forgone.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: give, eat, drink, employ, forgo · To what, where: It, Mole, State, text
This is exam question 4 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
Sentence 1: It is given that the Mole had neither eaten nor drunk since an early hour.
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 | _ | 9 eaten | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Mole | det |
| 6 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 eaten | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 eaten | aux |
| 8 | neither | neither | ADV | _ | 9 eaten | advmod |
| 9 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 10 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 11 drunk | cc |
| 11 | drunk | drink | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 eaten | conj |
| 12 | since | since | ADP | _ | 15 hour | case |
| 13 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 hour | det |
| 14 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 hour | amod |
| 15 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 drunk | obl |
| 16 | . | . | 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 | eat | past · perfect · passive | the Mole | neither property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | drink | participle | hour | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: State the term employed in the text for food and drink so forgone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 employed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 term | det |
| 3 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 employed | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | employed | employ | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 text | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 text | det |
| 7 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 employed | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 food | case |
| 9 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 text | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 forgone | cc |
| 11 | drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 forgone | aux |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 forgone | advmod |
| 13 | forgone | forgo | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 employed | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 employed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | employ | participle · passive | State | the text for food | the term obl:unmarked | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | forgo | present | vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
«bread or cake»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 bread | punct |
| 2 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 cake | cc |
| 4 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bread | conj |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 bread | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
«meal»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 meal | punct |
| 2 | meal | meal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 meal | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
«food»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 food | punct |
| 2 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 food | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
«bite or sup»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 bite | punct |
| 2 | bite | bite | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 sup | cc |
| 4 | sup | sup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bite | conj |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 bite | punct |
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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