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

Ascertain the terms upon which the engine-driver consented to convey the prisoner.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, engine driver · What happens: ascertain, consent, convey · To what, where: terms, prisoner

This is exam question 3 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 terms	det
3	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ascertain	obj
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 consented	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 driver	det
7	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 driver	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 engine	punct
9	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 consented	nsubj
10	consented	consent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 terms	acl:relcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 convey	mark
12	convey	convey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 consented	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 prisoner	det
14	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 convey	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the terms		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Topic
2	consent	participle	the engine driver		upon the terms	vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	convey	to-infinitive	the engine driver not said here	the prisoner		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prisoner=Topic

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

That the washerwoman pays for her own ride

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 washerwoman	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 washerwoman	det
3	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pays	nsubj
4	pays	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 ride	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 ride	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ride	amod
8	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pays	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present	that washerwoman					for washerwoman's own ride	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for ride=Theme
2	ride		washerwoman						nom ride «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

That Toad gives him his motor-car keys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Toad	det
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 gives	nsubj
3	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gives	iobj
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 keys	nmod:poss
6	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 car	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 motor	punct
8	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keys	compound
9	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	that Toad	Toad's car keys	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient key=Theme

Option 3

Shirts for free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shirts	shirt	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 free	case
3	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Shirts	nmod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

That the supposed washerwoman should launder a number of his shirts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 launder	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 washerwoman	det
3	supposed	suppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 washerwoman	amod
4	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 launder	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 launder	aux
6	launder	launder	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 number	det
8	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 launder	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 shirts	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 shirts	nmod:poss
11	shirts	shirt	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 number	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suppose	participle							vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	launder	should	That	a number of washerwoman's shirts					tree rules

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