Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adve…

Select the response which most accurately characterises the prisoner's first account of his residence.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, prisoner · What happens: select, characteris, account · To what, where: response, residence

This is exam question 3 of lesson 52 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adventures (the gaoler's daughter and the buttered toast)» 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 prisoner	det
9	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 account	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 prisoner	case
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 account	amod
12	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 residence	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 residence	nmod:poss
15	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 account	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	accurately property	tree rules
3	account		the prisoner	his residence		nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent 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

A tearful speech of sorrow, mourning the loss of his beloved home and friends

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 speech	det
2	tearful	tearful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 speech	amod
3	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 sorrow	case
5	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 speech	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mourning	punct
7	mourning	mourn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 speech	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 loss	det
9	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mourning	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 home	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 home	nmod:poss
12	beloved	beloved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 home	amod
13	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 loss	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 friends	cc
15	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 home	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mourn	gerund	a tearful speech of sorrow not said here	the loss of his beloved home and friends					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer loss=Stimulus
2	speak			sorrow					nom speech «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A rude complaint

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 complaint	det
2	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 complaint	amod
3	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

An account in the manner of an advertisement for the sale of property

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 account	det
2	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 manner	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 manner	det
5	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 account	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 advertisement	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 advertisement	det
8	advertisement	advertisement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 manner	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 sale	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sale	det
11	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 advertisement	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 property	case
13	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sale	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A lengthy list of the wealthy cabinets and carriages of the castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 list	det
2	lengthy	lengthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 list	amod
3	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 cabinets	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cabinets	det
6	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cabinets	amod
7	cabinets	cabinet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 list	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 carriages	cc
9	carriages	carriage	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cabinets	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 castle	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 castle	det
12	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carriages	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	list			the wealthy cabinets and carriages of the castle					nom list «communication 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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