Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at…

Ascertain the location at which the elder Otter maintained his nightly watch, together with the reason therefor.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, elder Otter · What happens: ascertain, maintain · To what, where: location, nightly watch

This is exam question 2 of lesson 49 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Portly is missing)» 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 location	det
3	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 maintained	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Otter	det
7	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Otter	amod
8	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 maintained	nsubj
9	maintained	maintain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 location	acl:relcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 watch	nmod:poss
11	nightly	nightly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 watch	amod
12	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 maintained	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 together	punct
14	together	together	ADV	_	1 Ascertain	advmod
15	with	with	ADP	_	18 therefor	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 therefor	det
17	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 therefor	compound
18	therefor	therefor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the location				with the reason therefor; together property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent location=Topic
2	maintain	past	the elder Otter	Otter's nightly watch		the location			vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent watch=Theme

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

The old ford, where the young one had received his first lessons in swimming

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ford	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ford	amod
3	ford	ford	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 received	punct
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 received	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 one	det
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 one	amod
8	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 received	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 received	aux
10	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ford	acl:relcl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 lessons	nmod:poss
12	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 lessons	amod
13	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 received	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 swimming	case
15	swimming	swimming	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 received	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past · perfect · passive		the young one		swimming			vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme lesson=Location

Option 2

The weir, where the young one had received his first lessons in fishing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 weir	det
2	weir	weir	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 received	punct
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 received	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	amod
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 received	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 received	aux
9	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 weir	acl:relcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 lessons	nmod:poss
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 lessons	amod
12	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 received	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 fishing	case
14	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 received	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past · perfect · passive		the young one		fishing			vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme lesson=Location

Option 3

The old bridge, where the young one first learnt his strokes at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bridge	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bridge	amod
3	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 learnt	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 learnt	punct
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 learnt	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 one	det
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 one	amod
8	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 learnt	nsubj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 learnt	advmod
10	learnt	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 strokes	nmod:poss
12	strokes	stroke	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 learnt	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 night	case
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 learnt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past	the old bridge	bridge's strokes			night	first property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stroke=Topic
2	stroke		bridge						nom stroke «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The old ford, where the young one had received his first lessons in swimming, and where the stream runs shallow over stones

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ford	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ford	amod
3	ford	ford	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 runs	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 received	punct
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 received	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 one	det
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 one	amod
8	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 received	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 received	aux
10	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ford	acl:relcl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 lessons	nmod:poss
12	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 lessons	amod
13	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 received	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 swimming	case
15	swimming	swimming	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 received	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 runs	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 runs	cc
18	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	21 runs	advmod
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 stream	det
20	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 runs	nsubj
21	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
22	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 runs	xcomp
23	over	over	ADP	_	24 stones	case
24	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 runs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past · perfect · passive		the young one		swimming			vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme lesson=Location
2	run	present	the old ford			stones		shallow property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over stone=Trajectory

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