Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (b…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the hedgehogs' reason for their presence at the Badger's residence?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 3 of lesson 38 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (bad news of Toad, a winter promise, and two lost hedgehogs)» 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 hedgehogs	det
10	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 reason	nmod:poss
11	'	's	PART	_	10 hedgehogs	case
12	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 presence	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 presence	nmod:poss
15	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 reason	nmod
16	at	at	ADP	_	20 residence	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Badger	det
18	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 residence	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 Badger	case
20	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 presence	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the hedgehogs's reason				of the following statements; for hedgehogs's presence at the Badger's residence; 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 · ✓ the right answer

Having lost their way to school in the snow, they sought shelter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 sought	advcl
2	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 way	amod
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 way	nmod:poss
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Having	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 school	case
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 way	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 snow	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 snow	det
9	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Having	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Having	punct
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sought	nsubj
12	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sought	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	gerund	they not said here	their lost way	the snow	to school	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient
2	lose	participle					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	seek	past	they	shelter			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shelter=Theme

Option 2

Having lost their way to school in the snow, and frightened by the cold, they sought shelter and warmth

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 lost	aux
2	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 way	nmod:poss
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 school	case
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 snow	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 snow	det
9	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 frightened	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 frightened	cc
12	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lost	parataxis
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 cold	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cold	det
15	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 frightened	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 sought	punct
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 sought	nsubj
18	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 frightened	conj
19	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sought	obj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 warmth	cc
21	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 shelter	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lose	gerund · perfect		their way	the snow	to school	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality
2	frighten	participle				by the cold	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	seek	past	they	shelter and warmth			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shelter=Theme

Option 3

They had been sent by their mother to find Toad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 sent	aux:pass
4	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 mother	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mother	nmod:poss
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 find	mark
9	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sent	advcl
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · perfect · passive	their mother	They					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	find	to-infinitive	their mother not said here	Toad					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

They were sent out by the Mole to find the Rat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 sent	compound:prt
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Mole	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Mole	det
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 find	mark
9	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sent	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Rat	det
11	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send out	past · passive	the Mole	They					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	find	to-infinitive	the Mole not said here	the Rat					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=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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