Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the…

Identify the principal purpose of the Badger's visit to the residence of the Rat.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, visit, Badger · What happens: identify, purpose, visit · To what, where: principal purpose

This is exam question 1 of lesson 45 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the hour of Toad, and off with those motor-clothes!)» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 visit	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Badger	det
7	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 visit	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Badger	case
9	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purpose	nmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 residence	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 residence	det
12	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 Rat	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Rat	det
15	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 residence	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal purpose of the Badger's visit	to the residence of the Rat	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme to residence=be'
2	purpose		the Badger's visit			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
3	visit		the Badger			nom visit «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

The fulfilment of his undertaking to take Toad in hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fulfilment	det
2	fulfilment	fulfilment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 undertaking	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 undertaking	nmod:poss
5	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fulfilment	nmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 take	mark
7	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 take	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 hand	case
10	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	take	to-infinitive	the fulfilment of fulfilment's undertaking	Toad	hand	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent toad=Value in hand=Location
2	fulfil			fulfilment's undertaking		nom fulfilment «feeling transitive»: of=patient
3	undertake		fulfilment			nom undertaking «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The fulfilment of a solemn undertaking, given in winter, to take Toad firmly in hand at last and make him behave

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fulfilment	det
2	fulfilment	fulfilment	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 take	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 undertaking	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 undertaking	det
5	solemn	solemn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 undertaking	amod
6	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fulfilment	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 given	punct
8	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fulfilment	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 winter	case
10	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 given	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 take	punct
12	to	to	PART	_	13 take	mark
13	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 take	obj
15	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	13 take	advmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 hand	case
17	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 take	obl
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 last	case
19	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 take	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 make	cc
21	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 take	conj
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 make	obj
23	behave	behave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle		the fulfilment of a solemn undertaking not said here		winter		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	take	to-infinitive	the fulfilment of a solemn undertaking	Toad	hand		at last; firmly property	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent toad=Value in hand=Location
3	make	infinitive	the fulfilment of a solemn undertaking not said here	Toad				tree rules
4	behave	infinitive	Toad not said here					vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
5	fulfil			a solemn undertaking				nom fulfilment «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The fulfilment of his undertaking to take Toad in hand, and to see him reformed completely

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fulfilment	det
2	fulfilment	fulfilment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 undertaking	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 undertaking	nmod:poss
5	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fulfilment	nmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 take	mark
7	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 take	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 hand	case
10	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 see	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 see	cc
13	to	to	PART	_	14 see	mark
14	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 take	conj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 see	obj
16	reformed	reform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 see	xcomp
17	completely	completely	ADV	_	16 reformed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	to-infinitive	the fulfilment of fulfilment's undertaking	Toad	hand		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent toad=Value in hand=Location
2	see	to-infinitive	the fulfilment of fulfilment's undertaking not said here	Toad			tree rules
3	reform	participle	Toad not said here			completely property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	fulfil			fulfilment's undertaking			nom fulfilment «feeling transitive»: of=patient
5	undertake		fulfilment				nom undertaking «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The completion of a promise to reform Toad at last

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 completion	det
2	completion	completion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reform	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 promise	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 promise	det
5	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reform	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 reform	mark
7	reform	reform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 reform	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 last	case
10	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reform	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reform	to-infinitive	the completion	Toad		last		of a promise	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent toad=Patient

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