Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adve…

State the stipulation made by the washerwoman in respect of the arrangement.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, make, respect · To what, where: stipulation, respect, arrangement

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stipulation	det
3	stipulation	stipulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stipulation	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 washerwoman	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 washerwoman	det
7	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 respect	case
9	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 arrangement	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 arrangement	det
12	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 respect	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the stipulation			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent stipulation=Topic
2	make	participle		the stipulation not said here	respect of the arrangement	by the washerwoman	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	respect			the arrangement			nom respect «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 right answer

That she should be gagged, bound and deposited in a corner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 gagged	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gagged	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 gagged	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 gagged	aux:pass
5	gagged	gag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bound	punct
7	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 gagged	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 deposited	cc
9	deposited	deposit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 gagged	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 corner	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 corner	det
12	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 deposited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	gag	should · passive	That		vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination
2	bind	participle			vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	deposit	participle		a corner	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in corner=Destination

Option 2

That she be paid double

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 paid	nsubj:pass
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 paid	nsubj
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 paid	aux:pass
4	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 paid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	infinitive · passive		That					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient double=Asset

Option 3

That she be locked in the cellar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 locked	nsubj:pass
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 locked	nsubj
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 locked	aux:pass
4	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 cellar	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cellar	det
7	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 locked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	infinitive · passive		That		the cellar			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

That she should be left tied up in the outer hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 left	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 left	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 left	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 left	aux:pass
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 left	xcomp
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 tied	compound:prt
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 hall	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hall	det
10	outer	outer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hall	amod
11	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	should · passive		That		the outer hall			tree rules
2	tie up	participle	That not said here						vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=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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