Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank…

Select the response which most accurately characterises the Rat's reply to the Mole's apology.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Rat · What happens: select, characteris, reply · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 28 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank (the Mole grabs the oars, the boat goes over, and a friendship begins)» 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 reply	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Rat	case
11	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	16 apology	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Mole	det
14	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 apology	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Mole	case
16	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obl
17	.	.	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	to the Mole's apology; accurately property	tree rules
3	reply		the Rat			nom reply «communication transitive»: 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

He told him off

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 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	off	off	ADP	_	2 told	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell off speech: assert	past	He		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He forgave him and invited him to stay for a while, then rowed him home

The tree, 15 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 forgave	nsubj
2	forgave	forgive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forgave	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 invited	cc
5	invited	invite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 forgave	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 invited	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 stay	mark
8	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 invited	xcomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 while	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 while	det
11	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stay	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 rowed	punct
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 rowed	advmod
14	rowed	row	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 forgave	conj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 rowed	obj
16	home	home	ADV	_	14 rowed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	forgive	past	He	him = he			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	invite	past	He not said here	him = he			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here		while		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	row	past	He not said here	him = he	then	home property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He forgave him and invited him to stay

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 forgave	nsubj
2	forgave	forgive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forgave	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 invited	cc
5	invited	invite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 forgave	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 invited	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 stay	mark
8	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 invited	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	forgive	past	He	him = he	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	invite	past	He not said here	him = he	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He said sorry too and walked off in a huff

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	xcomp
4	too	too	ADV	_	2 said	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 walked	cc
6	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 walked	compound:prt
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 huff	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 huff	det
10	huff	huff	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: apologize	past	He					sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	walk off	past	He not said here			a huff			vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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