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

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the reply of the rabbit to the Otter's reproach?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, reply · To what, where: reply, rabbit

This is exam question 2 of lesson 39 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (the Otter comes through the snow, and the best home is underground)» 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 reply	det
10	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 rabbit	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rabbit	det
13	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reply	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	18 reproach	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Otter	det
16	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 reproach	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Otter	case
18	reproach	reproach	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the reply of the rabbit	of the following statements; to the Otter's reproach; accurately property	tree rules
3	reply		the rabbit		nom reply «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 · ✓ the right answer

Astonishment that rabbits should be expected to act

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Astonishment	astonishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 expected	nsubj:pass
3	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 expected	nsubj:pass
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 expected	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 expected	aux:pass
6	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Astonishment	acl:relcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 act	mark
8	act	act	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 expected	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expect	should · passive		Astonishment					tree rules
2	act not said to happen	to-infinitive	Astonishment not said here						vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Astonishment that rabbits should be expected to act, and a boastful claim that he himself saved Mole.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Astonishment	astonishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 expected	nsubj:pass
3	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 expected	nsubj:pass
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 expected	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 expected	aux:pass
6	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Astonishment	acl:relcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 act	mark
8	act	act	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 expected	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 claim	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 claim	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 claim	det
12	boastful	boastful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 claim	amod
13	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Astonishment	conj
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 saved	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 saved	nsubj
16	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	15 he	nmod:unmarked
17	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 claim	acl
18	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 saved	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Astonishment	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	expect	should · passive		Astonishment and a boastful claim	tree rules
2	act not said to happen	to-infinitive	Astonishment and a boastful claim not said here		vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	save	past	he	Mole	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Sad agreement that rabbits do nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 agreement	amod
2	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 do	obj
4	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 agreement	acl:relcl
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	rabbits	Sad agreement					tree rules

Option 4

Astonishment that rabbits should be expected to act, together with a shy plea for help from his own family

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Astonishment	astonishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 expected	nsubj:pass
3	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 expected	nsubj:pass
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 expected	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 expected	aux:pass
6	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Astonishment	acl:relcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 act	mark
8	act	act	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 expected	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 together	punct
10	together	together	ADV	_	8 act	advmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 plea	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 plea	det
13	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 plea	amod
14	plea	plea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 act	obl
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 help	case
16	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 act	obl
17	from	from	ADP	_	20 family	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 family	nmod:poss
19	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 family	amod
20	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 act	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expect	should · passive		Astonishment					tree rules
2	act not said to happen	to-infinitive	Astonishment not said here			his own family		with a shy plea; for help; together property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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