Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 4: Mr. Toad (the…
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Toad's place of confinement.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, place
This is exam question 4 of lesson 48 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 4: Mr. Toad (the car in the inn-yard, twenty years, and the deepest dungeon)» 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 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 place | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 Toad | case |
| 12 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concerning | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 confinement | case |
| 14 | confinement | confinement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 place | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 | Toad's place of confinement | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus place=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
A cell in the Hall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cell | det |
| 2 | cell | cell | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Hall | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Hall | det |
| 5 | Hall | Hall | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 cell | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The remotest dungeon of a castle keep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dungeon | det |
| 2 | remotest | remote | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 dungeon | amod |
| 3 | dungeon | dungeon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 keep | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 keep | det |
| 6 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 keep | compound |
| 7 | keep | keep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dungeon | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A locked tower in the Wild Wood
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 tower | det |
| 2 | locked | lock | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 tower | amod |
| 3 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Wood | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Wood | det |
| 6 | Wild | Wild | PROPN | _ | 7 Wood | flat |
| 7 | Wood | Wood | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 tower | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lock | participle | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
The lowest cell of the gatehouse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cell | det |
| 2 | lowest | low | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 cell | amod |
| 3 | cell | cell | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 gatehouse | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 gatehouse | det |
| 6 | gatehouse | gatehouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cell | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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