Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a…

Identify the article whose presence led the Rat to infer the existence of sardines within the dwelling.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, presence, Rat, sardines · What happens: identify, lead, infer, exist · To what, where: article, Rat, existence

This is exam question 1 of lesson 43 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a dusty home, a sardine supper, and voices outside)» 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 article	det
3	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	5 presence	nmod:poss
5	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 led	nsubj
6	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 article	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rat	det
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 led	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 infer	mark
10	infer	infer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 led	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 existence	det
12	existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 infer	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 sardines	case
14	sardines	sardine	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 existence	nmod
15	within	within	ADP	_	17 dwelling	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 dwelling	det
17	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 infer	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the article		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent article=Theme
2	lead	past	presence	the Rat		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent rat=Patient clause=Result
3	infer	to-infinitive	the Rat not said here	the existence of sardines	within the dwelling	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent existence=Theme
4	exist		sardines			nom existence «state intransitive»: of=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

A sardine-opener and a row of old jam jars set out upon the shelf of the kitchen dresser

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 opener	det
2	sardine	sardine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opener	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 sardine	punct
4	opener	opener	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 row	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 row	det
7	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opener	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 jars	case
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 jars	amod
10	jam	jam	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 jars	compound
11	jars	jar	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 row	nmod
12	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 jars	acl
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 set	compound:prt
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 shelf	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 shelf	det
16	shelf	shelf	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 set	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 dresser	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 dresser	det
19	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 dresser	compound
20	dresser	dresser	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 shelf	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set out	participle		old jam jars not said here				upon the shelf of the kitchen dresser	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

A bottle opener beside the empty larder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 opener	det
2	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 opener	compound
3	opener	opener	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	beside	beside	ADP	_	7 larder	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 larder	det
6	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 larder	amod
7	larder	larder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 opener	nmod

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

Option 3

A carving knife in the kitchen drawer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 knife	det
2	carving	carving	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knife	compound
3	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 drawer	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 drawer	det
6	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drawer	compound
7	drawer	drawer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knife	nmod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A sardine-opener upon the kitchen dresser

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 opener	det
2	sardine	sardine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opener	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 sardine	punct
4	opener	opener	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 dresser	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dresser	det
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dresser	compound
8	dresser	dresser	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opener	nmod

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

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