Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adve…
Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the prisoner's opinion of the gaoler's daughter?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: established facts, prisoner · What happens: follow, be, establish, concern, opine · To what, where: opinion, daughter
This is exam question 4 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 | 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 prisoner | det |
| 14 | prisoner | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 opinion | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 prisoner | case |
| 16 | opinion | opinion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 concerning | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 daughter | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 gaoler | det |
| 19 | gaoler | gaoler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 20 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 19 gaoler | case |
| 21 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 opinion | nmod |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 consistent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 prisoner's opinion of the gaoler's daughter | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus opinion=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | opine | the prisoner | the gaoler's daughter | nom opinion «cognition 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 · ✓ the right answer
He wrongly supposed that her kindness proceeded from admiration for himself
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 supposed | nsubj |
| 2 | wrongly | wrongly | ADV | _ | 3 supposed | advmod |
| 3 | supposed | suppose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 proceeded | mark |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 kindness | nmod:poss |
| 6 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 proceeded | nsubj |
| 7 | proceeded | proceed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 supposed | ccomp |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 admiration | case |
| 9 | admiration | admiration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 proceeded | obl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 himself | case |
| 11 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 7 proceeded | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suppose | past | He | wrongly property | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | proceed | past | her kindness | admiration | for kindness | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
He correctly believed she was simply sorry for his thinness and misery
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 believed | nsubj |
| 2 | correctly | correctly | ADV | _ | 3 believed | advmod |
| 3 | believed | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sorry | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 sorry | cop |
| 6 | simply | simply | ADV | _ | 7 sorry | advmod |
| 7 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 believed | ccomp |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 thinness | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 thinness | nmod:poss |
| 10 | thinness | thinness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sorry | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 misery | cc |
| 12 | misery | misery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 thinness | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | past | He | correctly property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is | past | she | for his thinness and misery; simply, sorry property | tree rules |
Option 3
He was sure she disliked him and only pitied the cabbage
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 sure | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sure | cop |
| 3 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 disliked | nsubj |
| 5 | disliked | dislike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sure | ccomp |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 disliked | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 pitied | cc |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 pitied | advmod |
| 9 | pitied | pity | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sure | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 cabbage | det |
| 11 | cabbage | cabbage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pitied | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | sure property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | dislike | past | she | him = he | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | pity | past | He not said here | the cabbage | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cabbage=Stimulus |
Option 4
He rightly saw her as kind
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 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | rightly | rightly | ADV | _ | 3 saw | advmod |
| 3 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 saw | obj |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 kind | case |
| 6 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 saw | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | He | her = she | kind, rightly property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
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