Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at…
Select the response which most accurately characterises the Mole's state of mind upon the island.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, characteris · To what, where: response
This is exam question 2 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 | 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 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 characterises | obj |
| 5 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 6 accurately | advmod |
| 6 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 7 characterises | advmod |
| 7 | characterises | characteris | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 response | acl:relcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Mole | det |
| 9 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 state | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Mole | case |
| 11 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 characterises | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 mind | case |
| 13 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 state | nmod |
| 14 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 16 island | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 island | det |
| 16 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 characterises | obl |
| 17 | . | . | 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 | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | ||||
| 2 | characteris | present | the response | upon the island; accurately property | tree rules |
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
Happy and calm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 calm | cc |
| 3 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Happy | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
An awe which bowed his head, unaccompanied by panic and attended by peace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 awe | det |
| 2 | awe | awe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 unaccompanied | nsubj |
| 3 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 bowed | nsubj |
| 4 | bowed | bow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 awe | acl:relcl |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 head | nmod:poss |
| 6 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bowed | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 unaccompanied | punct |
| 8 | unaccompanied | unaccompanied | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 panic | case |
| 10 | panic | panic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 unaccompanied | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 attended | cc |
| 12 | attended | attend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 unaccompanied | conj |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 peace | case |
| 14 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 attended | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bow | past | a awe | awe's head | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic | ||||
| 2 | attend | participle | by peace | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent by peace=Theme |
Option 3
A fear that set his legs trembling and drove him away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 fear | det |
| 2 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 set | nsubj |
| 4 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 fear | acl:relcl |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 legs | nmod:poss |
| 6 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 set | obj |
| 7 | trembling | tremble | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 set | advcl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 drove | cc |
| 9 | drove | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 set | conj |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 drove | obj |
| 11 | away | away | ADV | _ | 9 drove | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | past | a fear | his legs | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient leg=Result | ||||
| 2 | tremble | gerund | a fear not said here | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | drive away | past | a fear not said here | him = he | away property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 4
A great calm that left him sleepy and content in the grass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 calm | det |
| 2 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 calm | amod |
| 3 | calm | calm | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 left | nsubj |
| 5 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 calm | acl:relcl |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 left | obj |
| 7 | sleepy | sleepy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 left | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 content | cc |
| 9 | content | content | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sleepy | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 grass | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 grass | det |
| 12 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 left | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | a great calm | him = he | the grass | sleepy property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in grass=Location |
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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