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

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Rat's conduct during the Mole's account of his possessions?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat, Mole, his · What happens: follow, characteris, conduct, account, possess · To what, where: conduct, possessions

This is exam question 3 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	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 conduct	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Rat	case
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
13	during	during	ADP	_	17 account	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Mole	det
15	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 account	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Mole	case
17	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 possessions	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 possessions	nmod:poss
20	possessions	possession	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 account	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the Rat's conduct	during the Mole's account of his possessions	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	conduct		the Rat				nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent
4	account		the Mole	his possessions			nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
5	possess		his = he				nom possession «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

Hidden hunger combined with polite, attentive interest in every item the Mole displays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hunger	amod
2	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	combined	combine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 hunger	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	8 interest	case
5	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 interest	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 polite	punct
7	attentive	attentive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 interest	amod
8	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 combined	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 item	case
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 item	det
11	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 interest	nmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Mole	det
13	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 displays	nsubj
14	displays	display	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 item	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	combine	participle		Hidden hunger not said here				with polite attentive interest in every item	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with interest=Co-Patient
2	display	present	the Mole	every item not said here					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent item=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Pretended contentment while privately planning to eat all the sardines before the Mole notices

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretended	pretend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 notices	advcl
2	contentment	contentment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pretended	obj
3	while	while	SCONJ	_	5 planning	mark
4	privately	privately	ADV	_	5 planning	advmod
5	planning	plan	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Pretended	advcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 eat	mark
7	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 planning	xcomp
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 sardines	det:predet
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sardines	det
10	sardines	sardine	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 eat	obj
11	before	before	ADP	_	13 Mole	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Mole	det
13	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eat	obl
14	notices	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	participle	contentment			tree rules
2	plan	gerund			privately property	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive	all sardines	before the Mole		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sardine=Patient
4	notice	present				vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Concealed hunger and courteous attention

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 hunger	amod
2	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 attention	cc
4	courteous	courteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 attention	amod
5	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunger	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	participle							vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Careless laughter and rude interruption

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Careless	careless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 laughter	amod
2	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 interruption	cc
4	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 interruption	amod
5	interruption	interruption	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laughter	conj

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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