Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (t…

Identify the circumstance which occasioned the alteration in the Badger's manner of address.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, circumstance · What happens: identify, occasion · To what, where: circumstance, alteration, manner

This is exam question 1 of lesson 37 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (the door in the snow and the fire-lit kitchen)» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 circumstance	det
3	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 occasioned	nsubj
5	occasioned	occasion	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 circumstance	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 alteration	det
7	alteration	alteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 occasioned	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	12 manner	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Badger	det
10	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 manner	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Badger	case
12	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 occasioned	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 address	case
14	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 manner	nmod
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 circumstance					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme
2	occasion	past	the circumstance	the alteration		the Badger's manner of address			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 · ✓ the right answer

His recognition of the Rat among the visitors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 recognition	nmod:poss
2	recognition	recognition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Rat	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 recognition	nmod
6	among	among	ADP	_	8 visitors	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 visitors	det
8	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 recognition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recognize		His = he	the Rat				among the visitors	nom recognition «state transitive»: poss=agent of=patient among=obl

Option 2

The arrival of the Mole's sore shin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 arrival	det
2	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 shin	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mole	det
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shin	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Mole	case
7	sore	sore	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shin	amod
8	shin	shin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arrival	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive		the Mole's sore shin						nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The Mole's injury at the bell-pull

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	4 injury	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Mole	case
4	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	9 pull	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pull	det
7	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pull	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 bell	punct
9	pull	pull	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 injury	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	injure		the Mole			the bell pull			nom injury «state transitive»: poss=agent at=place

Option 4

His hunger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hunger	nmod:poss
2	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunger		His = he						nom hunger «state intransitive»: poss=agent

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