Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All…

Ascertain which of the following was NOT included in the luncheon provided by the Water Rat.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, follow, not include, provide · To what, where: luncheon

This is exam question 3 of lesson 59 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All (the voyage and lunch by the road)» 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	8 included	obj
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 included	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 included	det
5	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 included	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 included	aux:pass
7	NOT	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 included	advmod
8	included	include	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Ascertain	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 luncheon	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 luncheon	det
11	luncheon	luncheon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 included	obl
12	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 luncheon	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	16 Rat	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Rat	det
15	Water	Water	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Rat	compound
16	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 provided	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here				vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not include	past · passive			the luncheon		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme which=Location
4	provide	participle		the luncheon not said here		by the Water Rat	vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition

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

Cold chicken, tongue, ham, beef, and a large sponge cake packed in the basket with jam

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 chicken	amod
2	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tongue	punct
4	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chicken	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ham	punct
6	ham	ham	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chicken	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 beef	punct
8	beef	beef	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chicken	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 packed	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 packed	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cake	det
12	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 cake	amod
13	sponge	sponge	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cake	compound
14	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 packed	nsubj
15	packed	pack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 chicken	acl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 basket	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 basket	det
18	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 packed	obl
19	with	with	ADP	_	20 jam	case
20	jam	jam	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 basket	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pack	participle	a large sponge cake	Cold chicken and tongue and ham and beef not said here		the basket with jam			vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme chicken=Destination

Option 2

Wine from southern slopes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 slopes	case
3	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 slopes	amod
4	slopes	slope	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wine	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Shellfish from Marseilles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shellfish	shellfish	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Marseilles	case
3	Marseilles	Marseilles	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Shellfish	nmod

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

Option 4

Cold chicken, cold tongue, cold ham, cold beef, pickles and a flask of wine

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 chicken	amod
2	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 tongue	punct
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tongue	amod
5	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chicken	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ham	punct
7	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ham	amod
8	ham	ham	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chicken	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 beef	punct
10	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 beef	amod
11	beef	beef	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ham	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 pickles	punct
13	pickles	pickle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 chicken	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 flask	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 flask	det
16	flask	flask	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chicken	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 wine	case
18	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 flask	nmod

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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