Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (t…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Badger's conduct during the narration of the animals' misadventure?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Badger · What happens: follow, characteris, conduct, narrate · To what, where: conduct, misadventure

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	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	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Badger	det
10	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 conduct	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Badger	case
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
13	during	during	ADP	_	15 narration	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 narration	det
15	narration	narration	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	20 misadventure	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 animals	det
18	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 misadventure	nmod:poss
19	'	's	PART	_	18 animals	case
20	misadventure	misadventure	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 narration	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the Badger's conduct	during the narration of the animals's misadventure	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	conduct		the Badger				nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent
4	narrate			the animals's misadventure			nom narration «communication 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

He listened in silence to the whole long tale, showing neither surprise nor reproach, and then sent them to the kitchen

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 listened	nsubj
2	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 silence	case
4	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 listened	obl
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 tale	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tale	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tale	amod
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tale	amod
9	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 listened	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 showing	punct
11	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 listened	advcl
12	neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	13 surprise	det
13	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 showing	obj
14	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	15 reproach	cc
15	reproach	reproach	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 surprise	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 sent	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 sent	cc
18	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 sent	advmod
19	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 listened	parataxis
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 sent	obj
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 kitchen	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 kitchen	det
23	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	past	He				to the whole long tale; in silence	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in silence=Theme
2	show	gerund	He not said here	neither surprise nor reproach				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent surprise=Recipient
3	send	past		surprise	the kitchen	then		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to kitchen=Destination

Option 2

He interrupted with angry questions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 interrupted	nsubj
2	interrupted	interrupt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 questions	case
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 questions	amod
5	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 interrupted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	interrupt	past	He					with angry questions	tree rules

Option 3

He grumbled and scolded them throughout

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grumbled	nsubj
2	grumbled	grumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 scolded	cc
4	scolded	scold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grumbled	conj
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scolded	obj
6	throughout	throughout	PUNCT	_	2 grumbled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grumble speech: other	past	He						vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	scold	past	He not said here	them = they					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He listened gravely, without surprise or reproach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 listened	nsubj
2	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	gravely	gravely	ADV	_	2 listened	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 surprise	punct
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 surprise	case
6	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 listened	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 reproach	cc
8	reproach	reproach	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 surprise	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	past	He					without surprise or reproach; gravely property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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