Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road…

Ascertain the request which the Mole addressed to the Rat on the morning in question.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Mole · What happens: ascertain, address · To what, where: request, question

This is exam question 2 of lesson 29 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road (the Ducks' Ditty, and a visit to Toad Hall)» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 request	det
3	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 addressed	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Mole	det
6	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 addressed	nsubj
7	addressed	address	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 request	acl:relcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 Rat	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Rat	det
10	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 addressed	obl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 morning	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 morning	det
13	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 addressed	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 question	case
15	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 addressed	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the request					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Topic
2	address	past	the Mole	the request		question	morning	to the Rat	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Destination

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

That he be taken to call upon Mr. Toad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 taken	nsubj:pass
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 taken	nsubj
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 taken	aux:pass
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 call	mark
6	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 taken	xcomp
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 Toad	case
8	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Toad	nmod:desc
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 call	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	infinitive · passive		That					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute
2	call	to-infinitive						upon Toad Mr.	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

That he be shown the river and the boats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 shown	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shown	nsubj
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 shown	aux:pass
4	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shown	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 boats	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boats	det
9	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 river	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	infinitive · passive		That					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient river=Topic

Option 3

That he be lent a boat today

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 lent	nsubj:pass
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lent	nsubj
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 lent	aux:pass
4	lent	lend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 boat	det
6	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lent	obj
7	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lent	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lend	infinitive · passive		That			today		vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient boat=Theme

Option 4

That he be taken to call upon Mr. Toad at Toad Hall this very afternoon, if possible

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 taken	nsubj:pass
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 taken	nsubj
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 taken	aux:pass
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 call	mark
6	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 taken	xcomp
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 Toad	case
8	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Toad	nmod:desc
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 call	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 Hall	case
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Hall	compound
12	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 call	obl
13	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 afternoon	det
14	very	very	ADV	_	15 afternoon	advmod
15	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 call	obl:unmarked
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 possible	punct
17	if	if	SCONJ	_	18 possible	mark
18	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 taken	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	infinitive · passive		That					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute
2	call	to-infinitive					afternoon	upon Toad Mr.; at Toad Hall	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at hall=Stimulus

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