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

Select the response which accurately characterises the manner of the young otter's restoration to his parent.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, characteris · To what, where: response, manner

This is exam question 3 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	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	6 characterises	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 characterises	advmod
6	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 response	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 characterises	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	14 restoration	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 otter	det
11	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 otter	amod
12	otter	otter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 restoration	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 otter	case
14	restoration	restoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 manner	nmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 parent	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 parent	nmod:poss
17	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 characterises	obl
18	.	.	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	the manner of the young otter's restoration				to otter's parent; 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 · ✓ the right answer

He was set upon the tow-path near the ford, whence he proceeded alone

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 set	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 set	aux:pass
3	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 path	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 path	det
6	tow	tow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 path	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 tow	punct
8	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	obl
9	near	near	ADP	_	11 ford	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ford	det
11	ford	ford	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 path	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 proceeded	punct
13	whence	whence	ADV	PronType=Int	15 proceeded	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 proceeded	nsubj
15	proceeded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 set	conj
16	alone	alone	ADV	_	15 proceeded	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past · passive		He		the tow path near the ford			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme upon path=Destination
2	proceed	past	he					alone, whence property	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He was left by the reeds, then hurried off alone toward the bridge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 left	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 left	aux:pass
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 reeds	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 reeds	det
6	reeds	reed	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 left	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hurried	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 hurried	advmod
9	hurried	hurry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 left	conj
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 hurried	compound:prt
11	alone	alone	ADV	_	9 hurried	advmod
12	toward	toward	ADP	_	14 bridge	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bridge	det
14	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hurried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past · passive	the reeds	He					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	hurry off	participle	the reeds not said here			the bridge	then	alone property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward bridge=Trajectory

Option 3

He was taken by the boat to the island and left there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 taken	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 taken	aux:pass
3	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 boat	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boat	det
6	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taken	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 island	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 island	det
9	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taken	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 left	cc
11	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 taken	conj
12	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · passive		He		the island		by the boat	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to island=Destination
2	leave	past				there			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He was carried home by Otter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carried	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	home	home	ADV	_	3 carried	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Otter	case
6	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past · passive	Otter	He				home property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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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