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

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Mole's reflections at the close of the chapter.

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, reflections, close

This is exam question 4 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	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 Mole	det
11	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 reflections	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Mole	case
13	reflections	reflection	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 close	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 close	det
16	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 chapter	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 chapter	det
19	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 close	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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 Mole's reflections	the close of the chapter		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus reflection=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

That he must return to the larger world at once, sell his home, and never again cross the threshold of his old burrow

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 return	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 return	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 return	aux
4	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 world	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 world	det
7	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 world	amod
8	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 return	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 return	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sell	punct
12	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 return	conj
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 home	nmod:poss
14	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sell	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 cross	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 cross	cc
17	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	18 again	advmod
18	again	again	ADV	_	19 cross	advmod
19	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 return	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 threshold	det
21	threshold	threshold	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 cross	obj
22	of	of	ADP	_	25 burrow	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 burrow	nmod:poss
24	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 burrow	amod
25	burrow	burrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 threshold	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	return	must	That			to the larger world result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to world=Result
2	sell	infinitive	That not said here	his home			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme
3	cross	infinitive	That not said here	the threshold of his old burrow	again		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent threshold=Patient

Option 2

That home is dull and he must travel farther afield

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 home	det
2	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dull	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dull	cop
4	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 travel	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 travel	nsubj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 travel	aux
8	travel	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 dull	conj
9	farther	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 afield	advmod
10	afield	afield	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 travel	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that home					dull property	tree rules
2	travel	must	he	afield					vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme afield=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That he must return to the larger world, yet value his home as an anchorage

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 return	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 return	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 return	aux
4	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 world	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 world	det
7	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 world	amod
8	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 return	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 value	punct
10	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	11 value	cc
11	value	value	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 return	conj
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 home	nmod:poss
13	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 value	obj
14	as	as	ADP	_	16 anchorage	case
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 anchorage	det
16	anchorage	anchorage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 value	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	must	That					to the larger world result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to world=Result
2	value	infinitive	That not said here	his home				as a anchorage	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer home=Stimulus

Option 4

He will leave and never come back

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	3 leave	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 leave	aux
3	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 come	cc
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 come	advmod
6	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 leave	conj
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	future	He						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not come back	infinitive	He not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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