Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All…
State the comparison employed by the author in respect of the departure of the birds.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, birds · What happens: state, employ, respect, depart · To what, where: comparison, respect, departure
This is exam question 2 of lesson 56 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All (change in the air)» 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 comparison | det |
| 3 | comparison | comparison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 State | obj |
| 4 | employed | employ | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 comparison | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 author | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 author | det |
| 7 | author | author | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 employed | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 respect | case |
| 9 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 employed | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 departure | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 departure | det |
| 12 | departure | departure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 respect | nmod |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 birds | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 birds | det |
| 15 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 departure | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 State | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | state speech: other | imperative | you not said here | the comparison | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent comparison=Topic | ||||
| 2 | employ | participle | the comparison not said here | respect of the departure of the birds | by the author | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | respect | the departure of the birds | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 4 | depart | the birds | nom departure «act intransitive»: of=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
A market stall packing up at the close of the day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 stall | det |
| 2 | market | market | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stall | compound |
| 3 | stall | stall | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | packing | pack | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 stall | acl |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 packing | compound:prt |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 close | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 close | det |
| 8 | close | close | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 packing | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 day | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 day | det |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 close | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pack up | gerund | a market stall not said here | the close of the day | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme at close=Destination |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The closing of a grand hotel at the end of its season
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 closing | det |
| 2 | closing | closing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 hotel | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 hotel | det |
| 5 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hotel | amod |
| 6 | hotel | hotel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 closing | nmod |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 end | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 end | det |
| 9 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 closing | nmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 season | case |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 season | nmod:poss |
| 12 | season | season | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 end | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | a grand hotel | at the end of end's season | nom closing «act transitive»: of=patient at=place |
Option 3
The emptying of a grand summer hotel as the guests pay their bills and leave for the south, one by one
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 emptying | det |
| 2 | emptying | emptying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 pay | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 hotel | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hotel | det |
| 5 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hotel | amod |
| 6 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hotel | compound |
| 7 | hotel | hotel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 emptying | nmod |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 guests | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 guests | det |
| 10 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 hotel | nmod |
| 11 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 bills | nmod:poss |
| 13 | bills | bill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 pay | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 leave | cc |
| 15 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 pay | conj |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 south | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 south | det |
| 18 | south | south | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 leave | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 one | punct |
| 20 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 south | appos |
| 21 | by | by | ADP | _ | 22 one | case |
| 22 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 one | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | the emptying of a grand summer hotel as the guests | guests's bills | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Asset | ||||
| 2 | leave | present | the emptying of a grand summer hotel as the guests not said here | for the south | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for south=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | empty | a grand summer hotel as the guests | nom emptying «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 4 | bill | guests = guest | nom bill «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
A seaside guest house in the very last week of the year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 house | det |
| 2 | seaside | seaside | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 house | amod |
| 3 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 house | compound |
| 4 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 week | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 week | det |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 last | advmod |
| 8 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 week | amod |
| 9 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 house | nmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 year | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 year | det |
| 12 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 week | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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