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Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 1: The Wild Woo…

It is given that the Mole entered the Wild Wood. Identify the comparison applied by the author to the wood as seen from without.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mole, you · What happens: give, enter, identify, apply, see · To what, where: It, Wild Wood, comparison

This is exam question 4 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

Sentence 1: It is given that the Mole entered the Wild Wood.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 entered	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Mole	det
6	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 entered	nsubj
7	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Wood	det
9	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	10 Wood	flat
10	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 entered	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	enter	past	the Mole		the Wild Wood				vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wood=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.

Sentence 2: Identify the comparison applied by the author to the wood as seen from without.

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 comparison	det
3	comparison	comparison	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 comparison	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 author	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 author	det
7	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 applied	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 wood	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wood	det
10	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 applied	obl
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 seen	mark
12	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 applied	advcl
13	from	from	ADP	_	12 seen	obl
14	without	without	ADP	_	13 from	fixed
15	.	.	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 comparison					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent comparison=Theme
2	apply	participle		the comparison not said here				by the author; to the wood	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by author=Destination
3	see	participle							vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

The options

Option 1

A heavy grey fog over the still water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fog	det
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fog	amod
3	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fog	amod
4	fog	fog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	8 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
7	still	still	ADV	_	8 water	advmod
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fog	nmod

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

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

A black reef in some still southern sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 reef	det
2	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reef	amod
3	reef	reef	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 sea	case
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 sea	det
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 southern	advmod
7	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sea	amod
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reef	nmod

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

Option 3

A dark cave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cave	det
2	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cave	amod
3	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4

A deep well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 well	det
2	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 well	amod
3	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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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