Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Woo…

Select the response which most accurately characterises the inscription upon the brass plate.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 36 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Wood (the door-scraper, the door-mat, and a green door)» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 inscription	det
9	inscription	inscription	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 plate	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 plate	det
12	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 plate	compound
13	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	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				upon the brass plate; accurately property	tree rules

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

Faded, in small curly letters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Faded	fade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 letters	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 letters	case
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 letters	amod
5	curly	curly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 letters	amod
6	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Faded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fade	participle				small curly letters			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

MR. BADGER, in square capital letters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	MR.	MR.	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 BADGER	nmod:desc
2	BADGER	BADGER	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 letters	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 letters	case
5	square	square	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 letters	amod
6	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 letters	compound
7	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 BADGER	parataxis

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

Option 3

Written in neat cursive script

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 script	case
3	neat	neat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 script	amod
4	cursive	cursive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 script	amod
5	script	script	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Written	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	participle				neat cursive script			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in script=Destination

Option 4

Engraved in a faded script, reading MR. BADGER, with a crest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Engraved	engrave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 script	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 script	det
4	faded	fade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 script	amod
5	script	script	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Engraved	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 reading	punct
7	reading	read	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 script	acl
8	MR.	MR.	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 BADGER	nmod:desc
9	BADGER	BADGER	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 reading	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 crest	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 crest	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 crest	det
13	crest	crest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Engraved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	engrave	participle			a faded script	with a crest	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent in script=Destination
2	fade	participle					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	read	gerund	a faded script not said here	BADGER MR.			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent badger=Topic

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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