Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 2: Wayfarers All…

State the effect upon the Water Rat of the swallows' discourse concerning the South.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: discourse, swallows · What happens: concern, effect, discourse · To what, where: South, discourse

This is exam question 2 of lesson 57 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 2: Wayfarers All (the swallows and the call of the South)» 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	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 effect	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 effect	det
3	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 Rat	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Rat	det
6	Water	Water	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Rat	compound
7	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 effect	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 discourse	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 swallows	det
10	swallows	swallow	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 discourse	nmod:poss
11	'	's	PART	_	10 swallows	case
12	discourse	discourse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 effect	nmod
13	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 discourse	acl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 South	det
15	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 concerning	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 effect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	the swallows's discourse not said here	the South		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus south=Experiencer
2	effect			the swallows's discourse	upon the Water Rat	nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: upon=obl of=patient
3	discourse		the swallows			nom discourse «communication transitive»: poss=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

The stirring of an old wish, making his familiar river seem dull and cold and grey at dusk

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stirring	det
2	stirring	stirring	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 seem	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 wish	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wish	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wish	amod
6	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stirring	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 making	punct
8	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 wish	acl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 river	nmod:poss
10	familiar	familiar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 river	amod
11	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 making	obj
12	seem	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 seem	xcomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 cold	cc
15	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 dull	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 grey	cc
17	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 dull	conj
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 dusk	case
19	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 grey	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	gerund	a old wish not said here	stirring's familiar river		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset river=Product
2	seem	present	the stirring of a old wish		dull property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
3	stir			a old wish		nom stirring «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The awakening of a longing hitherto dormant, so that his river seemed chill and grey

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 awakening	det
2	awakening	awakening	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 longing	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 longing	det
5	longing	long	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 awakening	acl
6	hitherto	hitherto	ADV	_	7 dormant	advmod
7	dormant	dormant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 longing	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 seemed	punct
9	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 seemed	mark
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 so	fixed
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 river	nmod:poss
12	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 seemed	nsubj
13	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 longing	conj
14	chill	chill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 seemed	xcomp
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 grey	cc
16	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 chill	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	long	gerund	the awakening not said here					dormant property	vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	seem	past	his river					chill property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The awakening of a longing hitherto dormant, so that his river seemed chill and grey and every friend seemed distant at dusk

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 awakening	det
2	awakening	awakening	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 longing	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 longing	det
5	longing	long	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 awakening	acl
6	hitherto	hitherto	ADV	_	7 dormant	advmod
7	dormant	dormant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 longing	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 seemed	punct
9	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 seemed	mark
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 so	fixed
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 river	nmod:poss
12	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 seemed	nsubj
13	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 longing	parataxis
14	chill	chill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 seemed	xcomp
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 grey	cc
16	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 chill	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 seemed	cc
18	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	19 friend	det
19	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 seemed	nsubj
20	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 seemed	conj
21	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 seemed	xcomp
22	at	at	ADP	_	23 dusk	case
23	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 seemed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	long	gerund	the awakening not said here		dormant property	vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	seem	past	his river		chill property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
3	seem	past	every friend	dusk	distant property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 4

A stirring of an old wish, leaving the river dim and grey and cold

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 stirring	det
2	stirring	stirring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 wish	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wish	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wish	amod
6	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stirring	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 leaving	punct
8	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 stirring	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 river	det
10	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leaving	obj
11	dim	dim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 leaving	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 grey	cc
13	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 dim	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 cold	cc
15	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 dim	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	gerund		the river				dim property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Theme
2	stir			a old wish					nom stirring «act transitive»: of=patient

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