Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Badger's charges against Toad.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, Badger · What happens: select, establish, concern, charge · To what, where: response, charges

This is exam question 4 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	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 Badger	det
11	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 charges	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Badger	case
13	charges	charge	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
14	against	against	ADP	_	15 Toad	case
15	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 charges	nmod
16	.	.	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 Badger's charges	against Toad	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus charge=Experiencer
4	charge		the Badger		against Toad	nom charge «act transitive»: poss=agent against=obl

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

Toad ignores advice, squanders money, and hurts animals' good name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ignores	nsubj
2	ignores	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ignores	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 squanders	punct
5	squanders	squander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 ignores	conj
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 squanders	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hurts	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hurts	cc
9	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 ignores	conj
10	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 name	nmod:poss
11	'	's	PART	_	10 animals	case
12	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 name	amod
13	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hurts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ignore	present	Toad	advice	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme
2	squander	present	Toad not said here	money	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset
3	hurt	present	Toad not said here	animals's good name	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Patient
4	name		animals		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Disregard of warnings, waste of his inheritance, and disrepute brought on the animals

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disregard	disregard	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 warnings	case
3	warnings	warning	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Disregard	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 waste	punct
5	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warnings	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 inheritance	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 inheritance	nmod:poss
8	inheritance	inheritance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 waste	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 disrepute	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 disrepute	cc
11	disrepute	disrepute	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Disregard	conj
12	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 disrepute	acl
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 animals	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 animals	det
15	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bring	participle		disrepute not said here	on the animals	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on animal=Destination
2	disregard			warnings		nom disregard «cognition transitive»: of=patient
3	inherit		his = he			nom inheritance «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Lying to the Rat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 Rat	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	gerund						to the Rat	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Toad refused to listen and wasted his money on cars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 listen	mark
4	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refused	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wasted	cc
6	wasted	waste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 refused	conj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 money	nmod:poss
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wasted	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 cars	case
10	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wasted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	Toad			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not listen	to-infinitive	Toad not said here			vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	waste	past	Toad not said here	Toad's money	on cars goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent money=Asset on car=Goal

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