Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (t…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Badger's principal objection to dwellings above ground.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, Badger · What happens: select, establish, concern, object · To what, where: response, principal objection

This is exam question 4 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	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	14 objection	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Badger	case
13	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 objection	amod
14	objection	objection	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 dwellings	case
16	dwellings	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obl
17	above	above	ADP	_	18 ground	case
18	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 dwellings	nmod
19	.	.	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 principal objection	to dwellings above ground	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus objection=Experiencer
4	object		the Badger			nom objection «communication intransitive»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

Their exposure to weather and to accident

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 exposure	nmod:poss
2	exposure	exposure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 weather	mark
4	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exposure	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 accident	cc
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 accident	case
7	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exposure	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Their exposure to weather and to accident, and also the fact that they are too close to the river

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 exposure	nmod:poss
2	exposure	exposure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 weather	mark
4	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exposure	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 accident	cc
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 accident	case
7	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exposure	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fact	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 fact	cc
10	also	also	ADV	_	12 fact	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fact	det
12	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exposure	conj
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 close	mark
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 close	nsubj
15	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 close	cop
16	too	too	ADV	_	17 close	advmod
17	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 fact	acl
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 river	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 river	det
20	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 close	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	exposure	the fact not said here				to the river; close property	tree rules

Option 3

Their exposure to weather and to accident, which the Rat would also say is far too dull for him.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 exposure	nmod:poss
2	exposure	exposure	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 dull	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 weather	mark
4	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exposure	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 accident	cc
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 accident	case
7	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 weather	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 say	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 say	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Rat	det
11	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 say	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 say	aux
13	also	also	ADV	_	14 say	advmod
14	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 accident	acl:relcl
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 dull	cop
16	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	18 dull	advmod
17	too	too	ADV	_	18 dull	advmod
18	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 him	case
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 dull	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 dull	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	would	the Rat	accident					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent which=Topic
2	is	present	Their exposure weather and accident					for Rat; dull, far property	tree rules

Option 4

Cold winds and damp, not much more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 winds	amod
2	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 damp	cc
4	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 winds	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 more	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 much	advmod
7	much	much	ADV	_	8 more	advmod
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 winds	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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