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

Identify the origin of the passages and chambers inhabited by the Badger.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, inhabit · To what, where: origin, passages

This is exam question 1 of lesson 40 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (the city under the Wild Wood, and the way home)» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 origin	det
3	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 passages	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 passages	det
6	passages	passage	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 origin	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 chambers	cc
8	chambers	chamber	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 passages	conj
9	inhabited	inhabit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 passages	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 Badger	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Badger	det
12	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 inhabited	obl:agent
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the origin of the passages and chambers					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent origin=Theme
2	inhabit	participle		the passages and chambers not said here					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

The remains of a city of people, long since vanished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 remains	det
2	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	9 long	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 city	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 city	det
5	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remains	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 people	case
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 city	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 long	punct
9	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	since	since	SCONJ	_	11 vanished	mark
11	vanished	vanish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 long	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vanish	participle							vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Passages and chambers left behind by an ancient city of powerful people, long since gone away

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Passages	passage	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 gone	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 chambers	cc
3	chambers	chamber	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Passages	conj
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Passages	acl
5	behind	behind	ADV	_	4 left	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 city	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 city	det
8	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 city	amod
9	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 people	case
11	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 people	amod
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 city	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 gone	punct
14	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 gone	advmod
15	since	since	SCONJ	_	16 gone	mark
16	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
17	away	away	ADV	_	16 gone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave behind	participle		Passages and chambers not said here				by a ancient city of powerful people; behind property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by city=Location
2	go away	participle	Passages and chambers					away, long property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The ruins of a great walled city that once sheltered a million wealthy and busy inhabitants

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ruins	det
2	ruins	ruin	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 city	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 city	det
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 city	amod
6	walled	wall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 city	amod
7	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ruins	nmod
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 sheltered	obj
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	10 sheltered	advmod
10	sheltered	shelter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 city	acl:relcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 million	det
12	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 wealthy	nummod
13	wealthy	wealthy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sheltered	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 inhabitants	cc
15	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 inhabitants	amod
16	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 wealthy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wall	participle			tree rules
2	shelter	past	a great walled city	once property	tree rules
3	ruin		a great walled city		nom ruin «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Burrows dug by the Mole's ancestors long ago

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Burrows	burrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Burrows	acl
3	by	by	ADP	_	7 ancestors	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mole	det
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ancestors	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Mole	case
7	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dug	obl
8	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 ago	advmod
9	ago	ago	ADV	_	1 Burrows	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	participle		Burrows not said here				by the Mole's ancestors	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent by ancestor=Location

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