Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adve…

Identify the means of escape proposed to the prisoner by the gaoler's daughter.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, the · What happens: identify, mean, propose · To what, where: escape

This is exam question 1 of lesson 53 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adventures (the washerwoman's dress)» 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 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	ccomp
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 escape	case
5	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	obl
6	proposed	propose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 escape	acl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 prisoner	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prisoner	det
9	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proposed	obl:agent
10	by	by	ADP	_	14 daughter	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gaoler	det
12	gaoler	gaoler	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 daughter	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 gaoler	case
14	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proposed	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	the		of escape	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	propose	participle		escape not said here	by the gaoler's daughter	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

Hiding in the laundry basket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 basket	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 basket	det
4	laundry	laundry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 basket	compound
5	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund				the laundry basket			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in basket=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The assumption of the dress and character of the castle washerwoman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assumption	det
2	assumption	assumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 dress	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dress	det
5	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assumption	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 character	cc
7	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dress	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 washerwoman	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 washerwoman	det
10	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 washerwoman	compound
11	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 character	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assume			the dress and character of the castle washerwoman					nom assumption «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Dressing as the cook's helper and walking out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dressing	dress	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	as	as	ADP	_	6 helper	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cook	det
4	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 helper	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 cook	case
6	helper	helper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dressing	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 walking	cc
8	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Dressing	conj
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 walking	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	gerund						as the cook's helper	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	walk out	gerund							vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The taking on of the dress and manner of the castle washerwoman, so as to pass out of the gate

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 taking	det
2	taking	taking	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 pass	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 dress	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	3 on	fixed
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dress	det
6	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 taking	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 manner	cc
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dress	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 washerwoman	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 washerwoman	det
11	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 washerwoman	compound
12	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 manner	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 pass	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	17 pass	advmod
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 pass	mark
16	to	to	PART	_	17 pass	mark
17	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
18	out	out	ADP	_	21 gate	case
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 gate	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 gate	det
21	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 pass	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass out	to-infinitive	the taking on the dress and manner of the castle washerwoman	the gate					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent gate=Theme

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