Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the custom of the field-mice.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, custom

This is exam question 4 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	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 custom	det
11	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 mice	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 mice	det
14	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 mice	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 field	punct
16	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 custom	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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 custom of the field mice		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus custom=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 · ← Mova's choice

They sing carols each year, visiting the Badger first and finishing at Mole End with food

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sing	nsubj
2	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	carols	carol	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sing	obj
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 year	det
5	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sing	obl:unmarked
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 visiting	punct
7	visiting	visit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sing	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Badger	det
9	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 visiting	obj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 visiting	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 finishing	cc
12	finishing	finish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 visiting	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 End	case
14	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 End	compound
15	End	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 finishing	obl
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 food	case
17	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 finishing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	present	They	carols	year		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location carol=Theme
2	visit	gerund	They not said here	the Badger		first property	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent badger=Co-Agent
3	finish	gerund	They not said here		at Mole End	with food	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with food=Subeventuality

Option 2

Annual carol-singing round the lane, always visiting Toad's house in the evening before ending at Mole End

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 carol	amod
2	carol	carol	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 carol	punct
4	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 carol	acl
5	round	round	ADP	_	7 lane	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lane	det
7	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 singing	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 visiting	punct
9	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 visiting	advmod
10	visiting	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 singing	conj
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 house	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Toad	case
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 visiting	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 evening	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 evening	det
16	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 visiting	obl
17	before	before	SCONJ	_	18 ending	mark
18	ending	end	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 visiting	advcl
19	at	at	ADP	_	21 End	case
20	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 End	compound
21	End	End	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 ending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	gerund	Annual carol not said here			round the lane	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	visit	gerund	Annual carol not said here	Toad's house	evening	always property	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Co-Agent
3	end	gerund	Annual carol not said here		at Mole End		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Annual carol-singing, concluding at Mole End

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 carol	amod
2	carol	carol	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 singing	punct
4	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 carol	acl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 concluding	punct
6	concluding	conclude	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 singing	conj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 End	case
8	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 End	compound
9	End	End	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 concluding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	gerund	Annual carol not said here						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	conclude	gerund	Annual carol not said here				at Mole End		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Carol-singing every spring, ending at the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carol	Carol	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 singing	nsubj
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Carol	punct
3	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 spring	det
5	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 singing	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 ending	punct
7	ending	end	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 singing	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 river	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 river	det
10	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	gerund	Carol				spring		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	end	gerund	Carol not said here			the river			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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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