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

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Rat's conduct during the supper?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: follow, characteris, conduct · To what, where: conduct

This is exam question 2 of lesson 44 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 4: Dulce Domum (the carol, a magic supper, and a home to come back to)» 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	_	15 supper	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 supper	det
15	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
16	?	?	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 supper	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	conduct		the Rat				nom conduct «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 · ✓ the right answer

Quiet attention to the wants of every guest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 attention	amod
2	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 wants	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wants	det
5	wants	want	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 attention	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 guest	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 guest	det
8	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wants	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want			every guest					nom want «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He attended closely to every guest's needs, carved the meat, poured the ale, and told the best stories of the river

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 attended	nsubj
2	attended	attend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	closely	closely	ADV	_	2 attended	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	8 needs	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 guest	det
6	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 needs	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 guest	case
8	needs	need	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 attended	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 carved	punct
10	carved	carve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 attended	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 meat	det
12	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 carved	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 poured	punct
14	poured	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 attended	parataxis
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ale	det
16	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 poured	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 told	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 told	cc
19	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 attended	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 stories	det
21	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	22 stories	amod
22	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 told	obj
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 river	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 river	det
25	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 stories	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	attend	past	He		to every guest's needs; closely property	vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to need=Theme
2	carve	past	He not said here	the meat		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Theme
3	pour	past		the ale		vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ale=Patient
4	tell speech: assert	past	He not said here	the best stories of the river		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient
5	need		every guest			nom need «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He talked loudly and ate nothing at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 talked	nsubj
2	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 talked	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 ate	cc
5	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 talked	conj
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 ate	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 ate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past	He					loudly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	eat	past	He not said here	nothing		all			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient

Option 4

Quiet attention to the wants of every guest, though he himself ate very little and spoke barely a word all night

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 attention	amod
2	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ate	nsubj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 wants	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wants	det
5	wants	want	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 attention	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 guest	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 guest	det
8	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wants	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ate	punct
10	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 ate	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 ate	nsubj
12	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	11 he	nmod:unmarked
13	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	very	very	ADV	_	15 little	advmod
15	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ate	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 spoke	cc
17	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 ate	conj
18	barely	barely	ADV	_	17 spoke	advmod
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 word	det
20	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 spoke	obj
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	22 night	det
22	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ate	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	Quiet attention to the wants of every guest	little	night		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Patient
2	speak speech: other	past	Quiet attention to the wants of every guest not said here	a word		barely property	tree rules
3	want			every guest			nom want «state transitive»: of=patient

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