Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (t…
It is given that the Rat desired to depart. Ascertain the means of departure provided by the Badger.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat, you, the · What happens: give, desire, depart, ascertain, mean, provide · To what, where: It, departure
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that the Rat desired to depart.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 desired | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Rat | det |
| 6 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 desired | nsubj |
| 7 | desired | desire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 depart | mark |
| 9 | depart | depart | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 desired | xcomp |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | desire | past | the Rat | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | depart not said to happen | to-infinitive | the Rat not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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.
Sentence 2: Ascertain the means of departure provided by the Badger.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ascertain | ccomp |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 departure | case |
| 5 | departure | departure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | obl |
| 6 | provided | provide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 departure | acl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 Badger | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Badger | det |
| 9 | Badger | Badger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 provided | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | the | of departure | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | provide | participle | departure not said here | by the Badger | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A horse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 horse | det |
| 2 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A road through the open meadow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 road | det |
| 2 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | through | through | ADP | _ | 6 meadow | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 meadow | det |
| 5 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 meadow | amod |
| 6 | meadow | meadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 road | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A tunnel to the edge of the wood
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 tunnel | det |
| 2 | tunnel | tunnel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 edge | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 edge | det |
| 5 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tunnel | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 wood | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wood | det |
| 8 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 edge | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A path through the trees
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 path | det |
| 2 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | through | through | ADP | _ | 5 trees | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 trees | det |
| 5 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 path | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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