Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (t…
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Rat's failure to halt in response to the Mole's appeal?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat, Mole · What happens: follow, characteris, halt, fail, appeal · To what, where: failure, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 41 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (the village windows and the call of 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 | 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 Rat | det |
| 10 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 failure | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 Rat | case |
| 12 | failure | failure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 characterises | obj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 halt | mark |
| 14 | halt | halt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 failure | acl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 response | case |
| 16 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 halt | obl |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 appeal | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Mole | det |
| 19 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 appeal | nmod:poss |
| 20 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 19 Mole | case |
| 21 | appeal | appeal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 response | nmod |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 characterises | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | characteris | present | the Rat's failure | of the following statements; accurately property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | halt | to-infinitive | the Rat's failure not said here | response to the Mole's appeal | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | fail | the Rat | nom failure «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 5 | appeal | the Mole | nom appeal «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 · ✓ the right answer
Distance, and preoccupation with the weather and the way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 preoccupation | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 preoccupation | cc |
| 4 | preoccupation | preoccupation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Distance | appos |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 weather | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 weather | det |
| 7 | weather | weather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 preoccupation | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 way | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 way | det |
| 10 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Distance | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
He was too far away and thought the Mole was lying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 away | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 away | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 away | advmod |
| 4 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 away | advmod |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 thought | cc |
| 7 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 away | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Mole | det |
| 9 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lying | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 lying | aux |
| 11 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 thought | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | away, far property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | He not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | lie | past · progressive | the Mole | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Distance, and preoccupation with the weather, the snow, the way, and his own tired feet on the cold road
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 preoccupation | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 preoccupation | cc |
| 4 | preoccupation | preoccupation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Distance | appos |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 weather | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 weather | det |
| 7 | weather | weather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 preoccupation | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 snow | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 snow | det |
| 10 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Distance | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 way | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 way | det |
| 13 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Distance | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 feet | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 feet | cc |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 feet | nmod:poss |
| 17 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 feet | amod |
| 18 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 feet | amod |
| 19 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Distance | conj |
| 20 | on | on | ADP | _ | 23 road | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 road | det |
| 22 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 road | amod |
| 23 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 feet | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
He was ignoring the Mole's calls on purpose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 ignoring | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ignoring | aux |
| 3 | ignoring | ignore | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Mole | det |
| 5 | Mole | Mole | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 calls | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Mole | case |
| 7 | calls | call | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ignoring | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 purpose | case |
| 9 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ignoring | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | past · progressive | He | the Mole's calls | purpose | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Theme | |||
| 2 | call | the Mole | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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