Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (t…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Badger's view of table manners.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, Badger · What happens: select, establish, concern, view · To what, where: response, view, table manners

This is exam question 4 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	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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Badger	det
11	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 view	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Badger	case
13	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 manners	case
15	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 manners	compound
16	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	13 view	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the Badger's view of table manners		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus view=Experiencer
4	view		the Badger	table manners		nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent 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 thought them rude

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	obj
4	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He	them = they				rude property	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He held them unimportant, not frequenting Society

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 held	nsubj
2	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 held	obj
4	unimportant	unimportant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 held	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 frequenting	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 frequenting	advmod
7	frequenting	frequent	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 held	advcl
8	Society	Society	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 frequenting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	He	them = they				unimportant property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	not frequent	gerund	He not said here	Society					tree rules

Option 3

He thought them foolish, yet kept them

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	obj
4	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 kept	punct
6	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	7 kept	cc
7	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	parataxis
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 kept	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He	them = they				foolish property	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Theme
2	keep	past		them = they					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

He cared for them, though not much

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 cared	nsubj
2	cared	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 them	case
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cared	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 much	punct
6	though	though	SCONJ	_	8 much	mark
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 much	advmod
8	much	much	ADV	_	2 cared	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	past	He					for them = they	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for they=Theme

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