Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Badger's arrangements following the escape.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, arrangements, Badger · What happens: select, establish, concern, follow, arrange · To what, where: response, escape

This is exam question 4 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	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	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 arrangements	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Badger	det
11	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 arrangements	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Badger	case
13	arrangements	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 facts	nmod
14	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 arrangements	acl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 escape	det
16	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 following	obj
17	.	.	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				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	follow	gerund	the Badger's arrangements not said here	the escape		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent escape=Theme
5	arrange		the Badger			nom arrangement «cognition transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Continued residence at Toad Hall, against Toad's possible return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Continued	continue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 residence	amod
2	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 Hall	case
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Hall	compound
5	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 residence	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 return	punct
7	against	against	ADP	_	11 return	case
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 return	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Toad	case
10	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 return	amod
11	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 residence	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	participle							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	return		Toad						nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Moved in with the Otter at the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADV	_	1 Moved	advmod
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 Otter	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Otter	det
5	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Moved	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 river	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 river	det
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Moved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move in	participle				the river		with the Otter	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at river=Trajectory

Option 3

Stayed at the Mole's house to guard the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	6 house	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 house	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Mole	case
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stayed	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 guard	mark
8	guard	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Stayed	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past				the Mole's house			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at house=Location
2	guard	to-infinitive		the door					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Beneficiary

Option 4

Continued living in his own wood, and visited

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Continued	continue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Continued	xcomp
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 wood	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wood	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wood	amod
6	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 living	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 visited	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 visited	cc
9	visited	visit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Continued	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	where	roles by
1	continue	participle		vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	live	gerund	his own wood	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location
3	visit	participle		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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