Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 1: The Wild Woo…

Ascertain the place of residence of the Badger as stated by the Rat.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, state · To what, where: place

This is exam question 2 of lesson 33 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 1: The Wild Wood (winter, and the Mole sets out alone)» 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 place	det
3	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 residence	case
5	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 place	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Badger	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Badger	det
8	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 residence	nmod
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 stated	mark
10	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Ascertain	advcl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 Rat	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Rat	det
13	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 stated	obl
14	.	.	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 place of residence of the Badger					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Topic
2	state speech: other	participle	you not said here					by the Rat	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

Beside the old wooden bridge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beside	beside	ADP	_	5 bridge	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bridge	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bridge	amod
4	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bridge	amod
5	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Deep in a hollow in the very middle of the Wild Wood, beyond the bridge

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deep	deep	ADV	_	4 hollow	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 hollow	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hollow	det
4	hollow	hollow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 middle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 middle	det
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 middle	advmod
8	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hollow	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 Wood	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Wood	det
11	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	12 Wood	flat
12	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 middle	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 bridge	punct
14	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	16 bridge	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bridge	det
16	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hollow	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The very middle of the Wild Wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 middle	det
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 middle	advmod
3	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 Wood	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Wood	det
6	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	7 Wood	flat
7	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 middle	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

In the very middle of the great Wild Wood, under a fallen oak and a tangle of roots

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 middle	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 middle	det
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 middle	advmod
4	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 Wood	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Wood	det
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Wood	amod
8	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	9 Wood	flat
9	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 middle	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 oak	punct
11	under	under	ADP	_	14 oak	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 oak	det
13	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 oak	amod
14	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 middle	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 tangle	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 tangle	det
17	tangle	tangle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 oak	conj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 roots	case
19	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 tangle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	participle							vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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