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

Select the response which most accurately characterises Toad's conduct on the first morning.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Toad · What happens: select, characteris, conduct · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 31 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road (life on the road, and a motor-car)» 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	10 conduct	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Toad	case
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 morning	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 morning	det
13	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 morning	amod
14	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	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	morning	accurately property	tree rules
3	conduct		Toad				nom conduct «act 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 lay asleep in his bunk all morning long while the Mole and Rat worked very hard to make the breakfast, the tent and the fire

The tree, 26 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 lay	nsubj
2	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lay	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 bunk	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 bunk	nmod:poss
6	bunk	bunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 morning	det
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl:unmarked
9	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 lay	advmod
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	15 worked	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Mole	det
12	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 worked	nsubj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 Rat	cc
14	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Mole	conj
15	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lay	advcl
16	very	very	ADV	_	17 hard	advmod
17	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 worked	xcomp
18	to	to	PART	_	19 make	mark
19	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 hard	xcomp
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 breakfast	det
21	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 make	obj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 tent	punct
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 tent	det
24	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	parataxis
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 fire	cc
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 fire	det
27	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 tent	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	He		his bunk	morning	asleep, long property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bunk=Location
2	work	past	the Mole and Rat				hard property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	make	to-infinitive	the Mole and Rat not said here	the breakfast				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset breakfast=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He slept soundly while his companions performed the labour

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 slept	nsubj
2	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	soundly	soundly	ADV	_	2 slept	advmod
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 performed	mark
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 companions	nmod:poss
6	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 performed	nsubj
7	performed	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 slept	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 labour	det
9	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 performed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	He					soundly property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	perform	past	his companions	the labour					vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent labour=Theme

Option 3

He lay in bed while his friends worked hard on the camp

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 lay	nsubj
2	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 bed	case
4	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 worked	mark
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friends	nmod:poss
7	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 worked	nsubj
8	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lay	advcl
9	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 worked	advmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 camp	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 camp	det
12	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 worked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	He			bed			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location
2	work	past	his friends					on the camp; hard property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on camp=Theme

Option 4

He walked ahead of his friends and never looked back at them

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 walked	nsubj
2	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	2 walked	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 friends	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 friends	nmod:poss
6	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 walked	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 looked	cc
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 looked	advmod
9	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 walked	conj
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 looked	advmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 them	case
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 looked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	He					of his friends; ahead property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme of friend=Trajectory
2	not look back	past	He not said here					at friends = friend	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme

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