Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 2: The Open Road…
Identify the article in which Toad professed to have discovered «the real thing».
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Toad · What happens: identify, profess, discover · To what, where: article, real thing
This is exam question 1 of lesson 30 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 2: The Open Road (Toad's canary-coloured caravan)» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 article | det |
| 3 | article | article | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 professed | obl |
| 6 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 professed | nsubj |
| 7 | professed | profess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 article | acl:relcl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 discovered | mark |
| 9 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 discovered | aux |
| 10 | discovered | discover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 professed | xcomp |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 thing | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 thing | det |
| 13 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 thing | amod |
| 14 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 discovered | obj |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 thing | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the article | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent article=Theme | ||||
| 2 | profess | past | Toad | the article | vn declare-29.4-1-1-2 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | discover | to-infinitive · perfect | Toad not said here | the real thing | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |
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
A splendid gipsy caravan fitted with a stove and a bird-cage
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 caravan | det |
| 2 | splendid | splendid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 caravan | amod |
| 3 | gipsy | gipsy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 caravan | compound |
| 4 | caravan | caravan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | fitted | fit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 caravan | acl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 stove | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 stove | det |
| 8 | stove | stove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fitted | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 cage | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 cage | det |
| 11 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 cage | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 bird | punct |
| 13 | cage | cage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stove | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fit | participle | a splendid gipsy caravan not said here | with a stove and a bird cage | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A canary-coloured caravan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 caravan | det |
| 2 | canary | canary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 coloured | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 canary | punct |
| 4 | coloured | coloured | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 caravan | amod |
| 5 | caravan | caravan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A large and fine barge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 barge | det |
| 2 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 barge | amod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 fine | cc |
| 4 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 large | conj |
| 5 | barge | barge | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A bright canary-coloured caravan with a brass lamp and curtains
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 caravan | det |
| 2 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 caravan | amod |
| 3 | canary | canary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 coloured | amod |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 canary | punct |
| 5 | coloured | coloured | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 caravan | amod |
| 6 | caravan | caravan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 lamp | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 lamp | det |
| 9 | brass | brass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lamp | compound |
| 10 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 caravan | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 curtains | cc |
| 12 | curtains | curtain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 lamp | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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