Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the course of Toad's «paroxysms».

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, course

This is exam question 4 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	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 course	det
11	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 paroxysms	case
13	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 paroxysms	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Toad	case
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 paroxysms	punct
16	paroxysms	paroxysm	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 course	nmod
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 paroxysms	punct
18	.	.	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 course of Toad's paroxysms		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus course=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

They grew rarer, and Toad grew cheerful again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rarer	rare	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 grew	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 grew	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 grew	cc
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 grew	nsubj
7	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grew	conj
8	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 grew	xcomp
9	again	again	ADV	_	7 grew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	They					rare property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	grow	past	Toad				again	cheerful property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They grew less frequent, while he grew languid, listless and depressed for most of each day

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 frequent	advmod
4	frequent	frequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grew	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 grew	punct
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 grew	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 grew	nsubj
8	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grew	conj
9	languid	languid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 grew	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 listless	punct
11	listless	listless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 languid	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 depressed	cc
13	depressed	depressed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 languid	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 most	case
15	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 grew	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 day	case
17	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	18 day	det
18	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 most	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	They					frequent property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	grow	past	he					for most of each day; languid property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They became rarer, and he grew sadder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	rarer	rare	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 became	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 grew	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 grew	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 grew	nsubj
7	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 became	conj
8	sadder	sad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 grew	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	They					rare property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	grow	past	he					sad property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They grew less frequent, while he grew languid and depressed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 frequent	advmod
4	frequent	frequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grew	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 grew	punct
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 grew	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 grew	nsubj
8	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grew	conj
9	languid	languid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 grew	xcomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 depressed	cc
11	depressed	depressed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 languid	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	They					frequent property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	grow	past	he					languid property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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