Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'…

Ascertain the measure adopted by the Badger upon the failure of persuasion.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, persuasion · What happens: ascertain, adopt, fail · To what, where: measure

This is exam question 3 of lesson 46 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'm not sorry!» and the Toad locked in his bedroom)» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 measure	det
3	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 measure	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Badger	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Badger	det
7	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 adopted	obl
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 failure	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 failure	det
10	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 adopted	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 persuasion	case
12	persuasion	persuasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 failure	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the measure		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Topic
2	adopt	participle		the measure not said here	by the Badger; upon the failure of persuasion	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	fail		persuasion			nom failure «act intransitive»: of=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 locking up and guarding of Toad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 locking	det
2	locking	lock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 locking	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 guarding	cc
5	guarding	guard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 locking	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Toad	case
7	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 guarding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock up	gerund							vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	guard	gerund						of Toad	vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The confinement and guarding of Toad within Toad Hall, and the sale of all his motor-cars

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 confinement	det
2	confinement	confinement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 guarding	cc
4	guarding	guarding	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confinement	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Toad	case
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 guarding	nmod
7	within	within	ADP	_	9 Hall	case
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Hall	compound
9	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Toad	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sale	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sale	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sale	det
13	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confinement	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	19 cars	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 cars	det:predet
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 cars	nmod:poss
17	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 cars	compound
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 motor	punct
19	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 sale	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The confinement and guarding of Toad within Toad Hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 confinement	det
2	confinement	confinement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 guarding	cc
4	guarding	guarding	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confinement	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Toad	case
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 guarding	nmod
7	within	within	ADP	_	9 Hall	case
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Hall	compound
9	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 confinement	nmod

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

Option 4

The confinement and round-the-clock guarding of Toad within Toad Hall, with no outside contact

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 confinement	det
2	confinement	confinement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 guarding	cc
4	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 guarding	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 round	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guarding	det
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 the	punct
8	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 guarding	compound
9	guarding	guarding	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confinement	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Toad	case
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 guarding	nmod
12	within	within	ADP	_	14 Hall	case
13	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Hall	compound
14	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 guarding	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 contact	punct
16	with	with	ADP	_	19 contact	case
17	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	19 contact	det
18	outside	outside	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 contact	amod
19	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confinement	conj

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

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