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

State the form of address which, according to the narrative, occasioned the prisoner the greatest annoyance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, narrative · What happens: state, accord, occasion, form · To what, where: form, address

This is exam question 2 of lesson 54 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 3: Toad's Adventures (no money, no pocket, and the engine-driver)» 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 form	det
3	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 address	case
5	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 form	nmod
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 occasioned	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 narrative	punct
8	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 narrative	case
9	to	to	ADP	_	8 according	fixed
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 narrative	det
11	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 occasioned	nsubj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 narrative	punct
13	occasioned	occasion	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 form	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 prisoner	det
15	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 occasioned	obj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 annoyance	det
17	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 annoyance	amod
18	annoyance	annoyance	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 occasioned	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the form of address	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent form=Topic
2	accord	gerund			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	occasion	past	the narrative	the form of address	tree rules
4	form			address	nom form «communication 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

«My dear Toad»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 Toad	punct
2	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 Toad	nmod:poss
3	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Toad	amod
4	Toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 Toad	punct

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

Option 2

«Hullo, mother!» shouted across the platform at the washerwoman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 mother	punct
2	Hullo	hullo	INTJ	_	4 mother	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 mother	punct
4	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 mother	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 mother	punct
7	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 mother	acl
8	across	across	ADP	_	10 platform	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 platform	det
10	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shouted	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 washerwoman	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 washerwoman	det
13	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	participle		mother not said here		the platform		at the washerwoman	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

«Good sir»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 sir	punct
2	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sir	amod
3	sir	sir	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 sir	punct

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

«My good woman»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 woman	punct
2	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 woman	nmod:poss
3	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 woman	amod
4	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 woman	punct

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

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