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

Identify the agency by which the Water Rat was first apprised of the proximity of the Piper.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, agency · What happens: identify, apprise · To what, where: agency, Water Rat

This is exam question 1 of lesson 50 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the music and the island)» 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 agency	det
3	agency	agency	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 apprised	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rat	det
7	Water	Water	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Rat	compound
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 apprised	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 apprised	aux:pass
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 apprised	advmod
11	apprised	apprise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 agency	acl:relcl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 proximity	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 proximity	det
14	proximity	proximity	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 apprised	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 Piper	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Piper	det
17	Piper	Piper	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 proximity	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the agency					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent agency=Theme
2	apprise speech: other	past · passive	the agency	the Water Rat				of the proximity of the Piper; first property	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient of proximity=Topic

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 hearing of a distant piping, imperceptible as yet to his companion, who sat dozing in the bow of the boat

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hearing	det
2	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 imperceptible	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 piping	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 piping	det
5	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 piping	amod
6	piping	piping	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hearing	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 imperceptible	punct
8	imperceptible	imperceptible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	as	as	ADP	_	13 companion	case
10	yet	yet	ADV	_	13 companion	advmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 companion	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 companion	nmod:poss
13	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 imperceptible	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 sat	punct
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 sat	nsubj
16	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 companion	acl:relcl
17	dozing	doze	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 sat	xcomp
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 bow	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 bow	det
20	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 dozing	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 boat	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 boat	det
23	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 bow	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	sit	past	hearing's companion		tree rules
2	doze	gerund	hearing's companion not said here	the bow of the boat	vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	hear		a distant piping		nom hearing «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

The hearing of a distant piping, which was imperceptible as yet to his companion, though it was clear to the Rat's keen ears

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hearing	det
2	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 piping	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 piping	det
5	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 piping	amod
6	piping	piping	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hearing	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 imperceptible	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 imperceptible	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 imperceptible	cop
10	imperceptible	imperceptible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 piping	appos
11	as	as	ADP	_	12 yet	case
12	yet	yet	ADV	_	10 imperceptible	advmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 companion	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 companion	nmod:poss
15	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 yet	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 clear	punct
17	though	though	SCONJ	_	20 clear	mark
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 clear	expl
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 clear	cop
20	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 imperceptible	conj
21	to	to	ADP	_	26 ears	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Rat	det
23	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 ears	nmod:poss
24	's	's	PART	_	23 Rat	case
25	keen	keen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 ears	amod
26	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 clear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	a distant piping	imperceptible property	tree rules
2	is	past	a distant piping not said here	to the Rat's keen ears; clear property	tree rules
3	hear		a distant piping		nom hearing «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The noticing of a faint light flickering on the far bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 light	det
2	noticing	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 light	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 light	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 light	det
5	faint	faint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 light	amod
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	flickering	flicker	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 light	acl
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 bank	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bank	det
10	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bank	amod
11	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flickering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	gerund							vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	flicker	gerund	the faint light not said here			the far bank			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bank=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The hearing of a distant piping, imperceptible as yet to his companion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hearing	det
2	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 imperceptible	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 piping	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 piping	det
5	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 piping	amod
6	piping	piping	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hearing	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 imperceptible	punct
8	imperceptible	imperceptible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 yet	case
10	yet	yet	ADV	_	8 imperceptible	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 companion	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 companion	nmod:poss
13	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 imperceptible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear		a distant piping						nom hearing «act intransitive»: of=agent

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