Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 2: Wayfarers All…
Ascertain which of the following the swallows did NOT cite as an inducement to return.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, follow, not cite, return
This is exam question 3 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 cite | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 10 cite | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cite | det |
| 5 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 cite | nsubj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 swallows | det |
| 7 | swallows | swallow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 cite | nsubj |
| 8 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 cite | aux |
| 9 | NOT | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 cite | advmod |
| 10 | cite | cite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ascertain | ccomp |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 inducement | case |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 inducement | det |
| 13 | inducement | inducement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cite | obl |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 return | mark |
| 15 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 cite | advcl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | not cite | past · do-support | as a inducement | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as inducement=Attribute | |||||
| 4 | return | to-infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
Fat flies in the meadow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fat | fat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 flies | amod |
| 2 | flies | fly | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 meadow | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 meadow | det |
| 5 | meadow | meadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 flies | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Plenty of insects over the ponds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plenty | plenty | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 insects | case |
| 3 | insects | insect | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Plenty | nmod |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 ponds | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ponds | det |
| 6 | ponds | pond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Plenty | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The prospect of riding in a motor-car
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prospect | det |
| 2 | prospect | prospect | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 riding | case |
| 4 | riding | riding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 prospect | nmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 car | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 car | det |
| 7 | motor | motor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 car | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 motor | punct |
| 9 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 prospect | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prospect | riding | a motor car | nom prospect «state transitive»: of=patient in=place |
Option 4
Warm sunshine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sunshine | amod |
| 2 | sunshine | sunshine | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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