Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (t…

Identify the occasion upon which the Mole's grief became manifest to the Rat.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, grief · What happens: identify, become · To what, where: occasion, manifest

This is exam question 1 of lesson 42 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (the Mole's sobs, the Rat turns back, and Mole End)» 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 occasion	det
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 became	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Mole	det
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grief	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Mole	case
9	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 became	nsubj
10	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 occasion	acl:relcl
11	manifest	manifest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 became	xcomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 Rat	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Rat	det
14	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 became	obl
15	.	.	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 occasion					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent occasion=Theme
2	become	past	the Mole's grief	manifest				upon the occasion; to the Rat	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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

A rest upon some tree-stumps beside a copse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rest	det
2	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 stumps	case
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 stumps	det
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stumps	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 tree	punct
7	stumps	stump	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rest	nmod
8	beside	beside	ADP	_	10 copse	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 copse	det
10	copse	copse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stumps	nmod

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A rest upon some tree-stumps beside a copse, when the Rat first noticed the silence

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rest	det
2	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 noticed	nsubj
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 stumps	case
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 stumps	det
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stumps	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 tree	punct
7	stumps	stump	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rest	nmod
8	beside	beside	ADP	_	10 copse	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 copse	det
10	copse	copse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stumps	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 noticed	punct
12	when	when	SCONJ	_	16 noticed	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Rat	det
14	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 noticed	nsubj
15	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 noticed	advmod
16	noticed	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 silence	det
18	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 noticed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	past	a rest upon some tree stumps beside a copse	the silence				first property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer silence=Stimulus

Option 3

A pause at a gate by the old farm lane

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pause	det
2	pause	pause	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 gate	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 gate	det
5	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pause	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	10 lane	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lane	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 lane	amod
9	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lane	compound
10	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pause	nmod

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

Option 4

A rest upon some tree-stumps beside a copse, where the Mole first sobbed openly

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rest	det
2	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 stumps	case
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 stumps	det
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stumps	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 tree	punct
7	stumps	stump	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rest	nmod
8	beside	beside	ADP	_	10 copse	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 copse	det
10	copse	copse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stumps	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 sobbed	punct
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	16 sobbed	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Mole	det
14	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sobbed	nsubj:pass
15	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 sobbed	advmod
16	sobbed	sob	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 copse	acl:relcl
17	openly	openly	ADV	_	16 sobbed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sob	participle · passive		the Mole				first, openly property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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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