Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (t…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the inscription above the bell-pull.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, inscription, bell pull

This is exam question 4 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	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 inscription	det
11	inscription	inscription	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	above	above	ADP	_	16 pull	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 pull	det
14	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pull	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 bell	punct
16	pull	pull	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 inscription	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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 inscription	the bell pull		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus inscription=Experiencer

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

«Mole End», in Gothic lettering

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 End	punct
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 End	compound
3	End	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 End	punct
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lettering	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 lettering	case
7	Gothic	gothic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lettering	amod
8	lettering	lettering	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 End	conj

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

Option 2

«Mole Lodge», in Gothic lettering

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 Lodge	punct
2	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Lodge	compound
3	Lodge	Lodge	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 Lodge	punct
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lettering	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 lettering	case
7	Gothic	gothic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lettering	amod
8	lettering	lettering	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Lodge	conj

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

Option 3

«Mole End», in plain print

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 End	punct
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 End	compound
3	End	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 End	punct
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 print	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 print	case
7	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 print	amod
8	print	print	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 End	conj

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

«Mole End», in Gothic lettering, painted over the bell-pull and the door

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 End	punct
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 End	compound
3	End	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lettering	nsubj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 End	punct
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lettering	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 lettering	case
7	Gothic	gothic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lettering	amod
8	lettering	lettering	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 painted	punct
10	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 lettering	acl
11	over	over	ADP	_	15 pull	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 pull	det
13	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pull	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 bell	punct
15	pull	pull	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 painted	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 door	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 door	det
18	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pull	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	participle		Gothic lettering not said here		the bell pull and the door			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent over pull=Destination

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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