Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at…

Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the conclusion of the chapter?

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

This is exam question 4 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	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 conclusion	det
14	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 chapter	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 chapter	det
17	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 conclusion	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 conclusion of the chapter		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conclusion=Experiencer
5	conclude			the chapter		nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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 Water Rat fell asleep before communicating the final portion of the song, and the Mole never heard it at all

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	3 Rat	det
2	Water	Water	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Rat	compound
3	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fell	xcomp
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 communicating	mark
7	communicating	communicate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 fell	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 portion	det
9	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 portion	amod
10	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 communicating	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 song	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 song	det
13	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 portion	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 heard	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 heard	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Mole	det
17	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 heard	nsubj
18	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	19 heard	advmod
19	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fell	conj
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 heard	obj
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 all	case
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 heard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the Water Rat			asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	communicate	gerund	the Water Rat not said here	the final portion of the song			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Topic
3	not hear	past	the Mole	portion	all		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

The Water Rat fell asleep before communicating the final portion of the song, which the Otter later recited to the Mole and Portly on the bank

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Rat	det
2	Water	Water	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Rat	compound
3	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fell	xcomp
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 communicating	mark
7	communicating	communicate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 fell	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 portion	det
9	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 portion	amod
10	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 communicating	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 song	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 song	det
13	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 portion	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 recited	punct
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 recited	nsubj:pass
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Otter	det
17	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 recited	nsubj
18	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	19 recited	advmod
19	recited	recite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 portion	acl
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 Mole	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Mole	det
22	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 recited	obl
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 Portly	cc
24	Portly	Portly	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 Mole	conj
25	on	on	ADP	_	27 bank	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 bank	det
27	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 communicating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the Water Rat				asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	communicate	gerund	the Water Rat not said here	the final portion of the song		the bank		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Topic
3	recite	participle · passive		the final portion of the song	the Mole and Portly		late property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to mole=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Water Rat fell asleep before communicating the final portion of the song

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Rat	det
2	Water	Water	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Rat	compound
3	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fell	xcomp
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 communicating	mark
7	communicating	communicate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 fell	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 portion	det
9	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 portion	amod
10	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 communicating	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 song	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 song	det
13	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 portion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the Water Rat					asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	communicate	gerund	the Water Rat not said here	the final portion of the song					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Topic

Option 4

The Mole fell asleep before he could hear the final portion of the song

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mole	det
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	nsubj
3	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fell	xcomp
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 hear	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hear	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 hear	aux
8	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fell	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 portion	det
10	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 portion	amod
11	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hear	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 song	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 song	det
14	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 portion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the Mole					asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hear	could	Mole	the final portion of the song					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer portion=Stimulus

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