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

Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the conclusion of the third chapter?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: established facts · What happens: follow, be, establish, concern, conclude · To what, where: conclusion, third chapter

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 consistent	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consistent	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 consistent	cop
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 facts	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 facts	det
10	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 facts	amod
11	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consistent	obl
12	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 facts	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 conclusion	det
14	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 chapter	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 chapter	det
17	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	18 chapter	amod
18	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 conclusion	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 consistent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the following statements; with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the conclusion of the third chapter		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conclusion=Experiencer
5	conclude			the third chapter		nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

The Mole knocked on the door, and nobody answered at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mole	det
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knocked	nsubj
3	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 door	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knocked	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 answered	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 answered	cc
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 answered	nsubj
10	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 knocked	parataxis
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 answered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock	past	the Mole			the door			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on door=Location
2	answer speech: assert	past	nobody			all			vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The Mole swung on the bell-pull, and a deep bell was heard

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mole	det
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swung	nsubj
3	swung	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	8 pull	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pull	det
6	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pull	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 bell	punct
8	pull	pull	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swung	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 heard	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 heard	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bell	det
12	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bell	amod
13	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 heard	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 heard	aux:pass
15	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 swung	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swing	past	the Mole			the bell pull			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on pull=Trajectory
2	hear	past · passive		a deep bell					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus

Option 3

The Rat swung on the bell-pull, and a loud whistle was heard

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 swung	nsubj
3	swung	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	8 pull	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pull	det
6	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pull	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 bell	punct
8	pull	pull	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swung	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 heard	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 heard	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 whistle	det
12	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 whistle	amod
13	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 heard	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 heard	aux:pass
15	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 swung	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swing	past	the Rat			the bell pull			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on pull=Trajectory
2	hear	past · passive		a loud whistle					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4

The Mole knocked, and a bell rang

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mole	det
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knocked	nsubj
3	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 rang	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 rang	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bell	det
7	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rang	nsubj
8	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 knocked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock	past	the Mole						vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
2	ring	past	a bell						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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