Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the measures taken to remove Toad's motoring attire?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, take, remove · To what, where: measures, motoring attire

This is exam question 3 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	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 measures	det
10	measures	measure	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
11	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 measures	acl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 remove	mark
13	remove	remove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 taken	xcomp
14	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 attire	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Toad	case
16	motoring	motoring	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 attire	compound
17	attire	attire	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 remove	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the measures	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	take	participle	the measures not said here		vn require-103 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
4	remove	to-infinitive	Toad's motoring attire		vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attire=Theme

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

Forcible removal by the Mole while the Rat sat upon him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forcible	forcible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 removal	amod
2	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sat	nsubj
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 Mole	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mole	det
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removal	nmod
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 sat	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rat	det
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 sat	nsubj
9	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	Forcible removal by the Mole					upon Rat	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon he=Location
2	remove		the Mole						nom removal «act transitive»: by=agent

Option 2

Forcible removal by the Mole, while the Rat sat firmly upon Toad and the Badger watched

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forcible	forcible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 removal	amod
2	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sat	nsubj
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 Mole	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mole	det
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 removal	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sat	punct
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 sat	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Rat	det
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 sat	nsubj
10	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	10 sat	advmod
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 Toad	case
13	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 sat	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 watched	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Badger	det
16	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 watched	nsubj
17	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 sat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	sit	past	Forcible removal by the Mole	upon Toad; firmly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon toad=Location
2	watch	past	the Badger		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
3	remove		the Mole		nom removal «act transitive»: by=agent

Option 3

Toad removed them himself while the Rat watched

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 removed	nsubj
2	removed	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 removed	obj
4	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 removed	obl:unmarked
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 watched	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Rat	det
7	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 watched	nsubj
8	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 removed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	past	Toad	them = they				Toad obl:unmarked	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	watch	past	the Rat						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Gentle, polite assistance from the Mole and the Rat together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gentle	Gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 assistance	punct
3	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 assistance	amod
4	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gentle	appos
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 Mole	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Mole	det
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 assistance	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Rat	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Rat	det
10	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Mole	conj
11	together	together	ADV	_	4 assistance	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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