Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (b…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Badger's occupation in his study that morning.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, Badger · What happens: select, establish, concern, occupy, study · To what, where: response, occupation, study

This is exam question 4 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	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 occupation	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Badger	case
13	occupation	occupation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 study	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 study	nmod:poss
16	study	study	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
17	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 morning	det
18	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 study	nmod:unmarked
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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 occupation	Badger's study that morning		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus occupation=Experiencer
4	occupy		the Badger				nom occupation «act transitive»: poss=agent
5	study		Badger				nom study «act transitive»: poss=agent

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

Repose in an arm-chair, with a red handkerchief over his face, pretending not to hear the hedgehogs

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repose	repose	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	6 chair	case
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 chair	det
4	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chair	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 arm	punct
6	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Repose	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 handkerchief	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 handkerchief	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 handkerchief	det
10	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 handkerchief	amod
11	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Repose	obl
12	over	over	ADP	_	14 face	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 face	nmod:poss
14	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 handkerchief	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 pretending	punct
16	pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Repose	advcl
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 hear	advmod
18	to	to	PART	_	19 hear	mark
19	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 pretending	xcomp
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 hedgehogs	det
21	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 hear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	repose	imperative	you not said here		a arm chair	with a red handkerchief over his face	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in chair=Location
2	pretend	gerund	you not said here				tree rules
3	not hear	to-infinitive	you not said here	the hedgehogs			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer hedgehog=Stimulus

Option 2

Writing a letter at the desk, with his spectacles on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	write	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 on	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 letter	det
3	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Writing	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 desk	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 desk	det
6	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 letter	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 spectacles	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 spectacles	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 spectacles	nmod:poss
10	spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Writing	obl
11	on	on	ADP	_	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	gerund		a letter		the desk		with his spectacles	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme

Option 3

Repose in an arm-chair, with a handkerchief over his face and his boots resting on the fender

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repose	repose	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	6 chair	case
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 chair	det
4	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chair	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 arm	punct
6	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Repose	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 handkerchief	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 handkerchief	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 handkerchief	det
10	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Repose	obl
11	over	over	ADP	_	13 face	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 face	nmod:poss
13	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 handkerchief	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 boots	cc
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 boots	nmod:poss
16	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 face	conj
17	resting	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 handkerchief	acl
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 fender	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 fender	det
20	fender	fender	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 resting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repose	imperative	you not said here			a arm chair		with a handkerchief over his face and his boots	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in chair=Location
2	rest	gerund	a handkerchief over his face and his boots not said here			the fender			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on fender=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Repose in an arm-chair, with a handkerchief over his face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repose	repose	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	6 chair	case
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 chair	det
4	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chair	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 arm	punct
6	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Repose	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 handkerchief	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 handkerchief	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 handkerchief	det
10	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Repose	obl
11	over	over	ADP	_	13 face	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 face	nmod:poss
13	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 handkerchief	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repose	imperative	you not said here			a arm chair		with a handkerchief over his face	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in chair=Location

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