Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at…

Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the rising of the moon?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: established facts, moon · What happens: follow, be, establish, concern, rise · To what, where: rising

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 consistent	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consistent	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 consistent	cop
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 facts	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 facts	det
10	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 facts	amod
11	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consistent	obl
12	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 facts	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rising	det
14	rising	rising	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 moon	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 moon	det
17	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rising	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 consistent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the following statements; with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the rising of the moon		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rising=Experiencer
5	rise		the moon			nom rising «event intransitive»: of=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

Familiar places were disclosed anew, as though attired in fresh apparel, and every hedge and bridge looked different in the silver light of the moon

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Familiar	familiar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 places	amod
2	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 disclosed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 disclosed	aux:pass
4	disclosed	disclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	anew	anew	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 disclosed	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 attired	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 attired	mark
8	though	though	ADV	_	9 attired	advmod
9	attired	attire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 disclosed	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 apparel	case
11	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 apparel	amod
12	apparel	apparel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attired	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 looked	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 looked	cc
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 hedge	det
16	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 looked	nsubj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 bridge	cc
18	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hedge	conj
19	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 disclosed	parataxis
20	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 looked	xcomp
21	in	in	ADP	_	24 light	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 light	det
23	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 light	amod
24	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 looked	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 moon	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 moon	det
27	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 light	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	disclose	past · passive		Familiar places	anew property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	attire	participle			in fresh apparel; though property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «Passive»: agent=Pivot in apparel=Theme
3	look	past	every hedge and bridge		in the silver light of the moon; different property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in light=Theme
4	light			the moon		nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Shapes in the field grew sharp and frightening, wearing old masks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shapes	shape	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grew	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 field	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 field	det
4	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shapes	nmod
5	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 grew	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 frightening	cc
8	frightening	frightening	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sharp	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wearing	punct
10	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 grew	advcl
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 masks	amod
12	masks	mask	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 wearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	Shapes in the field					sharp property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	wear	gerund	Shapes in the field not said here	old masks					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mask=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Familiar places were disclosed anew, as though attired in fresh apparel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Familiar	familiar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 places	amod
2	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 disclosed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 disclosed	aux:pass
4	disclosed	disclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	anew	anew	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 disclosed	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 attired	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 attired	mark
8	though	though	ADV	_	9 attired	advmod
9	attired	attire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 disclosed	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 apparel	case
11	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 apparel	amod
12	apparel	apparel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attired	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disclose	past · passive		Familiar places				anew property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	attire	participle						in fresh apparel; though property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «Passive»: agent=Pivot in apparel=Theme

Option 4

Familiar places were disclosed anew, as though attired in fresh apparel, and the moonlight showed the Rat the way to the weir at last

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Familiar	familiar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 places	amod
2	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 disclosed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 disclosed	aux:pass
4	disclosed	disclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	anew	anew	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 disclosed	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 attired	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 attired	mark
8	though	though	ADV	_	9 attired	advmod
9	attired	attire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 disclosed	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 apparel	case
11	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 apparel	amod
12	apparel	apparel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attired	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 showed	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 showed	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 moonlight	det
16	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 showed	nsubj
17	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 disclosed	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Rat	det
19	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 showed	obj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 way	det
21	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 showed	obj
22	to	to	ADP	_	24 weir	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 weir	det
24	weir	weir	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 way	nmod
25	at	at	ADP	_	26 last	case
26	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 disclosed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	disclose	past · passive		Familiar places		last	anew property	vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	attire	participle					in fresh apparel; though property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «Passive»: agent=Pivot in apparel=Theme
3	show	past	the moonlight	the way	the Rat			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent rat=Recipient way=Topic

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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