Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a…

Ascertain the provisions discovered by the two animals in the course of their search.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, animals · What happens: ascertain, discover, search · To what, where: provisions

This is exam question 2 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 provisions	det
3	provisions	provision	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ascertain	obj
4	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 provisions	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 animals	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animals	det
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 animals	nummod
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 discovered	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 course	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 course	det
11	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 animals	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 search	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 search	nmod:poss
14	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 course	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the provisions		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent provision=Topic
2	discover	participle		the provisions not said here	by the two animals in the course of animals's search	vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	search		animals = animal			nom search «act 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 · ✓ the right answer

A tin of sardines, captain's biscuits and a German sausage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tin	det
2	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 sardines	case
4	sardines	sardine	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tin	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 biscuits	punct
6	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 biscuits	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 captain	case
8	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tin	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sausage	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 sausage	det
11	German	German	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sausage	amod
12	sausage	sausage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tin	conj

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

Option 2

A box of matches, some candles and an old loaf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 box	det
2	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 matches	case
4	matches	match	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 box	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 candles	punct
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 candles	det
7	candles	candle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 matches	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 loaf	cc
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 loaf	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 loaf	amod
11	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 matches	conj

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

Option 3

A tin of peaches, cold tea, and some pickled onions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tin	det
2	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 peaches	case
4	peaches	peach	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tin	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tea	punct
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tea	amod
7	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 peaches	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 onions	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 onions	cc
10	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	12 onions	det
11	pickled	pickle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 onions	amod
12	onions	onion	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tin	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pickle	participle							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

A cold kettle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 kettle	det
2	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kettle	amod
3	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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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