Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road…

Select the response which most accurately characterises Toad Hall as described by the Rat.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, characteris, describe · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 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	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	9 Hall	compound
9	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 described	mark
11	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 characterises	advcl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 Rat	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Rat	det
14	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 described	obl
15	.	.	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	accurately property	tree rules
3	describe	participle			by the Rat	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

One of the nicest houses in those parts, though this is never admitted to its owner

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 houses	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 houses	det
4	nicest	nice	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 houses	amod
5	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 One	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 parts	case
7	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	8 parts	det
8	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 houses	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 admitted	punct
10	though	though	SCONJ	_	14 admitted	mark
11	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 admitted	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 admitted	aux:pass
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 admitted	advmod
14	admitted	admit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 One	parataxis
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 owner	case
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 owner	nmod:poss
17	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 admitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not admit speech: other	present · passive		this	its owner				vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to owner=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

One of the nicest houses in those parts, though this is never admitted to its owner, and the Rat has said so many times to the Mole on the riverbank

The tree, 30 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 houses	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 houses	det
4	nicest	nice	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 houses	amod
5	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 One	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 parts	case
7	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	8 parts	det
8	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 houses	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 admitted	punct
10	though	though	SCONJ	_	14 admitted	mark
11	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 admitted	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 admitted	aux:pass
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 admitted	advmod
14	admitted	admit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 parts	acl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 owner	case
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 owner	nmod:poss
17	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 admitted	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 said	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 said	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Rat	det
21	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 said	nsubj
22	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 said	aux
23	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 One	parataxis
24	so	so	ADV	_	25 many	advmod
25	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 times	amod
26	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 said	obl:unmarked
27	to	to	ADP	_	29 Mole	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 Mole	det
29	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 said	obl
30	on	on	ADP	_	32 riverbank	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 riverbank	det
32	riverbank	riverbank	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 Mole	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not admit speech: other	present · passive	that parts not said here	this	its owner				vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to owner=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	present · perfect	the Rat		the Mole on the riverbank		time		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to mole=Recipient

Option 3

A very grand house with a great many rooms, though it is rather cold and damp

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 house	det
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 grand	advmod
3	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 house	amod
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cold	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	9 rooms	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rooms	det
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rooms	amod
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rooms	amod
9	rooms	room	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 house	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 cold	punct
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	15 cold	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 cold	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 cold	cop
14	rather	rather	ADV	_	15 cold	advmod
15	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 damp	cc
17	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 cold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a grand house with a great many rooms					cold property	tree rules
2	be		a grand house with a great many rooms not said here						tree rules

Option 4

A fine house that the Rat dislikes for its many faults and ugly chimneys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 house	det
2	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 house	amod
3	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 dislikes	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Rat	det
6	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 dislikes	nsubj
7	dislikes	dislike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 house	acl:relcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 faults	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 faults	nmod:poss
10	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 faults	amod
11	faults	fault	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dislikes	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 chimneys	cc
13	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 chimneys	amod
14	chimneys	chimney	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 faults	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dislike	present	the Rat	a fine house				for Rat's many faults and ugly chimneys	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus for fault=Attribute
2	fault		Rat						nom fault «act transitive»: poss=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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