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

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Rat's response upon learning the cause of the Mole's distress?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: response, Mole · What happens: follow, characteris, learn, cause, distress · To what, where: response, cause, distress

This is exam question 2 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	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 response	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Rat	case
12	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
13	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	14 learning	mark
14	learning	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 response	acl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cause	det
16	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 learning	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	21 distress	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Mole	det
19	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 distress	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 Mole	case
21	distress	distress	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cause	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the Rat's response	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	learn	gerund	the Rat's response not said here	the cause of the Mole's distress		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Topic
4	cause			the Mole's distress		nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient
5	distress		the Mole			nom distress «feeling 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 · ← Mova's choice

Self-reproach, then a resolute return, and a long search of every hedge along the river

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reproach	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Self	punct
3	reproach	reproach	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 return	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 return	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 return	det
7	resolute	resolute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 return	amod
8	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reproach	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 search	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 search	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 search	det
12	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 search	amod
13	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reproach	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 hedge	case
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 hedge	det
16	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 search	nmod
17	along	along	ADP	_	19 river	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 river	det
19	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 search	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	search			every hedge				along the river	nom search «act transitive»: of=patient along=obl

Option 2

Sympathy, then a decision to continue onward in the dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sympathy	Sympathy	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 decision	punct
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 decision	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 decision	det
5	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sympathy	appos
6	to	to	PART	_	7 continue	mark
7	continue	continue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 decision	acl
8	onward	onward	ADV	_	7 continue	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 dark	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dark	det
11	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 continue	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	to-infinitive				the dark		onward property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Self-reproach, followed by a resolute return along the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reproach	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Self	punct
3	reproach	reproach	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 followed	punct
5	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reproach	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 return	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 return	det
8	resolute	resolute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 return	amod
9	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 followed	obl
10	along	along	ADP	_	12 road	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 road	det
12	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 return	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	participle		Self reproach not said here				by a resolute return along the road	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by return=Location

Option 4

Immediate self-reproach, followed by a resolute and immediate return along the snowy road toward the Wild Wood

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reproach	amod
2	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reproach	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 self	punct
4	reproach	reproach	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 followed	punct
6	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reproach	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	12 return	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 return	det
9	resolute	resolute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 return	amod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 immediate	cc
11	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 resolute	conj
12	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 followed	obl
13	along	along	ADP	_	16 road	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 road	det
15	snowy	snowy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 road	amod
16	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 return	nmod
17	toward	toward	ADP	_	20 Wood	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Wood	det
19	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	20 Wood	flat
20	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 road	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	participle		Immediate self reproach not said here				by a resolute return along the snowy road toward the Wild Wood	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by return=Location

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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