Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (t…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Mole's conduct upon the Rat's refusal.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, Mole, Rat · What happens: select, establish, concern, conduct, refuse · To what, where: response, conduct

This is exam question 4 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	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 Mole	det
11	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conduct	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Mole	case
13	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 refusal	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Rat	det
16	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 refusal	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Rat	case
18	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
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 Mole's conduct	upon the Rat's refusal	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer
4	conduct		the Mole			nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent
5	refuse		the Rat			nom refusal «communication transitive»: 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

He went home alone, feeling sorry for himself

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	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 went	advmod
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 went	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 feeling	punct
6	feeling	feel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 went	advcl
7	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feeling	xcomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 himself	case
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 feeling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	He					alone, home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	feel	gerund	He not said here					for himself = he; sorry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He followed the Rat, his loyalty standing firm

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	2 followed	nsubj
2	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 loyalty	punct
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 loyalty	nmod:poss
7	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Rat	appos
8	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 loyalty	acl
9	firm	firm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 standing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	He	the Rat					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Theme
2	stand	gerund	his loyalty not said here	firm					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer firm=Stimulus

Option 3

He turned back and wandered home

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	2 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 turned	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wandered	cc
5	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
6	home	home	ADV	_	5 wandered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn back	past	He						vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	wander	past	He not said here					home property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He sulked behind a hedge, waiting for Rat

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	2 sulked	nsubj
2	sulked	sulk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	behind	behind	ADP	_	5 hedge	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hedge	det
5	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sulked	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 waiting	punct
7	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sulked	advcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 Rat	case
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 waiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sulk	past	He			a hedge			vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	wait	gerund	He not said here					for Rat	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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