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

Identify the warning conveyed by the Badger to the Rat upon the morning of Toad's escape.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Toad · What happens: identify, convey, escape · To what, where: warning, Rat

This is exam question 1 of lesson 47 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the doctor, the lawyer, and the rope of sheets)» 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	3 warning	det
3	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 warning	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 conveyed	obl:agent
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 Rat	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Rat	det
10	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 conveyed	obl
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 morning	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 morning	det
13	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conveyed	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 escape	case
15	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 escape	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Toad	case
17	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 morning	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the warning			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent warning=Theme
2	convey	participle		the warning not said here	the Rat	morning	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to rat=Recipient
3	escape		Toad				nom escape «act intransitive»: 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

That Toad was most rude when most cheerful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Toad	det
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 rude	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rude	cop
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 rude	advmod
5	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 cheerful	advmod
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 cheerful	advmod
8	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rude	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	that Toad					rude property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

That Toad was least dangerous when quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Toad	det
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 dangerous	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dangerous	cop
4	least	least	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 dangerous	advmod
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 quiet	advmod
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dangerous	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	that Toad					dangerous, least, quiet property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That Toad was most cunning when most submissive

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Toad	det
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 cunning	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cunning	cop
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 cunning	advmod
5	cunning	cunning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 submissive	advmod
7	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 submissive	amod
8	submissive	submissive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cunning	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	that Toad	cunning					tree rules

Option 4

That Toad was most cunning when most submissive, so the Rat should have watched him closely

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Toad	det
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 cunning	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cunning	cop
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 cunning	advmod
5	cunning	cunning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 submissive	advmod
7	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 submissive	amod
8	submissive	submissive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cunning	amod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 watched	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	15 watched	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Rat	det
12	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 watched	nsubj
13	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 watched	aux
14	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 watched	aux
15	watched	watch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 cunning	parataxis
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 watched	obj
17	closely	closely	ADV	_	15 watched	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	that Toad	cunning					tree rules
2	watch	should · perfect	the Rat	Toad				closely property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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