Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 3: Toad's Adve…

Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the prisoner's intentions in respect of the said shirts?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prisoner · What happens: follow, be, establish, concern, say, intend · To what, where: respect, said shirts · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 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	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	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 intentions	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 prisoner	det
14	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 intentions	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 prisoner	case
16	intentions	intention	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 facts	nmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 respect	case
18	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 intentions	nmod
19	of	of	ADP	_	22 shirts	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 shirts	det
21	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 shirts	amod
22	shirts	shirt	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 respect	nmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 consistent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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 concern the prisoner's intentions in respect of the said shirts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	say speech: assert	participle					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
6	intend		the prisoner		respect of the said shirts		nom intention «cognition transitive»: poss=agent in=place
7	respect			the said shirts			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

He planned to return them clean, at his own expense, with a full apology

The tree, 14 words

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	2 planned	nsubj
2	planned	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 return	mark
4	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 planned	xcomp
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 return	obj
6	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 return	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 expense	punct
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 expense	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 expense	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 expense	amod
11	expense	expense	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 planned	parataxis
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 apology	punct
13	with	with	ADP	_	16 apology	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 apology	det
15	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 apology	amod
16	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 planned	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	past	He						vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	return not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	them = they				clean property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

He intended to wash them all himself at the inn tonight

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	2 intended	nsubj
2	intended	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wash	mark
4	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 intended	xcomp
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wash	obj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 them	nmod:unmarked
7	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 wash	obl:unmarked
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 inn	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 inn	det
10	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wash	obl
11	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wash	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intend	past	He						vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wash not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	them = they		the inn	tonight	himself = he obl:unmarked	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He intended to remit money for their washing, having no intention of washing them himself

The tree, 15 words

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	2 intended	nsubj
2	intended	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 remit	mark
4	remit	remit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 intended	xcomp
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remit	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 washing	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 washing	nmod:poss
8	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remit	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 having	punct
10	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 intended	advcl
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 intention	det
12	intention	intention	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 having	obj
13	of	of	SCONJ	_	14 washing	mark
14	washing	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 intention	acl
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 washing	obj
16	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	14 washing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	intend	past	He			vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	remit not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	money	for their washing	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent money=Theme
3	have	gerund	He not said here	no intention		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intention=Patient
4	wash	gerund	no intention not said here	them = they	himself = he obl	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
5	wash		their = they			nom washing «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He never thought of them

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 thought	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 thought	advmod
3	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not think speech: other	past	He					of them = they	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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