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

Select the response which most accurately characterises Toad's conduct in respect of his pastimes.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Toad · What happens: select, characteris, conduct, respect · To what, where: response, respect, pastimes

This is exam question 3 of lesson 27 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank (the Otter, a glimpse of Badger, and Toad in his new boat)» 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	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Toad	case
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 respect	case
12	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 pastimes	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 pastimes	nmod:poss
15	pastimes	pastime	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 respect	nmod
16	.	.	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 Toad's pastimes	accurately property	tree rules
3	conduct		Toad				nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent
4	respect			Toad's pastimes			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 · ✓ the right answer

He adopts each eagerly and soon tires of it

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 adopts	nsubj
2	adopts	adopt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 adopts	obj
4	eagerly	eagerly	ADV	_	2 adopts	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 tires	cc
6	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 tires	advmod
7	tires	tire	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 adopts	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tires	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adopt	present	He	each				eagerly property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme

Option 2

He takes up each craze with great enthusiasm, practises it hard, then tires of it and moves on

The tree, 18 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	2 takes	nsubj
2	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 takes	compound:prt
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 craze	det
5	craze	craze	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 enthusiasm	case
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 enthusiasm	amod
8	enthusiasm	enthusiasm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 craze	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 practises	punct
10	practises	practise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 takes	parataxis
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 practises	obj
12	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 practises	xcomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 tires	punct
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 tires	advmod
15	tires	tire	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 practises	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 tires	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 moves	cc
19	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 takes	conj
20	on	on	ADP	_	19 moves	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	take up	present	He	each craze	with great enthusiasm	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent craze=Theme
2	practise	present		craze	hard property	tree rules
3	move on	present	He not said here			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He starts each hobby keenly then drops it

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 starts	nsubj
2	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 hobby	det
4	hobby	hobby	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 starts	obj
5	keenly	keenly	ADV	_	2 starts	advmod
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 drops	advmod
7	drops	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 starts	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 drops	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	He	each hobby				keenly property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hobby=Eventuality
2	drop	present	He not said here	hobby			then		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

He is clumsy at each craze, and eventually gives up and sells his boats to the Rat

The tree, 17 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	3 clumsy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 clumsy	cop
3	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 craze	case
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 craze	det
6	craze	craze	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 clumsy	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 gives	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 gives	cc
9	eventually	eventually	ADV	_	10 gives	advmod
10	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 clumsy	parataxis
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 gives	compound:prt
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sells	cc
13	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 gives	conj
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 boats	nmod:poss
15	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 sells	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 Rat	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Rat	det
18	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 sells	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			each craze	clumsy property	tree rules
2	give up	present					eventually property	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	sell	present		his boats	the Rat			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent boat=Theme to rat=Recipient

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