Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at…

Identify the gift which, according to the narrative, the demi-god bestows upon those to whom he has revealed himself.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, demi god, god · What happens: identify, accord, bestow, reveal · To what, where: gift, narrative, god

This is exam question 1 of lesson 51 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the gift of forgetfulness)» 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 gift	det
3	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	1 Identify	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 narrative	punct
6	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 narrative	case
7	to	to	ADP	_	6 according	fixed
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 narrative	det
9	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bestows	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 god	det
12	demi	demi	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 god	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 demi	punct
14	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bestows	nsubj
15	bestows	bestow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 narrative	acl:relcl
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 those	case
17	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	15 bestows	obl
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 whom	case
19	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 those	nmod
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 revealed	nsubj
21	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 revealed	aux
22	revealed	reveal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 whom	acl:relcl
23	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	22 revealed	obj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the gift	accord the narrative	tree rules
2	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	bestow	present	the demi god	the narrative not said here	upon the narrative	tree rules
4	reveal	present · perfect	god	god		vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=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 · ✓ the right answer

The gift of forgetfulness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gift	det
2	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 forgetfulness	case
4	forgetfulness	forgetfulness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gift	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gift			forgetfulness					nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The gift of remembrance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gift	det
2	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 remembrance	case
4	remembrance	remembrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gift	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gift			remembrance					nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The gift of the great river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gift	det
2	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 river	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 river	amod
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gift	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gift			the great river					nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The gift of forgetfulness, which the demi-god bestows upon all who have seen him

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gift	det
2	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bestows	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 forgetfulness	case
4	forgetfulness	forgetfulness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gift	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bestows	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 bestows	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 god	det
8	demi	demi	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 god	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 demi	punct
10	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bestows	nsubj
11	bestows	bestow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	16 seen	mark
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 seen	nsubj:pass
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 seen	nsubj
15	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 seen	aux
16	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 bestows	advcl
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 seen	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	bestow	present	the gift of forgetfulness		tree rules
2	see	present · perfect · passive		all	tree rules
3	gift			forgetfulness	nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient

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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