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

Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the conclusion of the first chapter?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: established facts · What happens: follow, be, establish, concern, conclude · To what, where: conclusion, first chapter

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 consistent	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consistent	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 consistent	cop
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 facts	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 facts	det
10	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 facts	amod
11	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consistent	obl
12	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 facts	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 conclusion	det
14	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 chapter	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 chapter	det
17	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	18 chapter	amod
18	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 conclusion	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 consistent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the following statements; with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the conclusion of the first chapter		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conclusion=Experiencer
5	conclude			the first chapter		nom conclusion «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

The Mole learnt to swim and row, and heard the wind in the reeds

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mole	det
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 learnt	nsubj
3	learnt	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 swim	mark
5	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 learnt	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 row	cc
7	row	row	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 swim	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 heard	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 heard	cc
10	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 learnt	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wind	det
12	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 heard	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 reeds	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 reeds	det
15	reeds	reed	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 heard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	learn	past	the Mole			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	swim	to-infinitive	the Mole not said here			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	row	infinitive	the Mole not said here			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
4	hear	past		the wind	the reeds	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer wind=Stimulus

Option 2

The Mole and the Rat quarrelled and never rowed together again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mole	det
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 quarrelled	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 Rat	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mole	conj
6	quarrelled	quarrell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 rowed	cc
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 rowed	advmod
9	rowed	row	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 quarrelled	conj
10	together	together	ADV	_	9 rowed	advmod
11	again	again	ADV	_	9 rowed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	quarrell	past	the Mole and the Rat						tree rules
2	not row	participle	the Mole and the Rat not said here				again	together property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The Mole gave up the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mole	det
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 gave	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	past	the Mole	the river					vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Source

Option 4

The Mole learnt to fish and never heard the wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mole	det
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 learnt	nsubj
3	learnt	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 fish	case
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 learnt	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 heard	cc
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 heard	advmod
8	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 learnt	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wind	det
10	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past	the Mole					to fish	vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not hear	past	the Mole not said here	the wind					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer wind=Stimulus

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