Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All…

State the condition of the Water Rat's eyes as observed by the Mole upon his attempted departure.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, his · What happens: state, observe, attempt, condition, depart · To what, where: condition, eyes

This is exam question 2 of lesson 60 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All (the spell, the Mole and the cure)» 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 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 eyes	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	9 eyes	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Rat	case
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 condition	nmod
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 observed	mark
11	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 State	advcl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 Mole	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Mole	det
14	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 observed	obl
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 departure	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 departure	nmod:poss
17	attempted	attempt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 departure	amod
18	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 Mole	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the condition of the Water Rat's eyes		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic
2	observe	participle	you not said here		by the Mole upon his attempted departure	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	attempt	participle				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	condition			the Water Rat's eyes		nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient
5	depart		his = he			nom departure «act intransitive»: 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

Sleepy and dim, with dark brown rings around them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rings	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 dim	cc
3	dim	dim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Sleepy	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 rings	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 rings	case
6	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rings	amod
7	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rings	amod
8	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
9	around	around	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 rings	nmod

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

Option 2

Glazed and set, and turned a streaked and shifting grey, staring far past the Mole toward the distant grey sea horizon

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Glazed	glaze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 turned	parataxis
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 set	cc
3	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Glazed	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 turned	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 turned	cc
6	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 horizon	det
8	streaked	streak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 horizon	amod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 shifting	cc
10	shifting	shift	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	23 horizon	csubj
11	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 shifting	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 staring	punct
13	staring	stare	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	23 horizon	csubj
14	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 staring	advmod
15	past	past	ADP	_	17 Mole	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Mole	det
17	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 staring	obl
18	toward	toward	ADP	_	23 horizon	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 horizon	det
20	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 horizon	amod
21	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 horizon	amod
22	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 horizon	compound
23	horizon	horizon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	glaze	participle			vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
2	set	infinitive			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	turn	past	a streaked distant grey sea horizon		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent horizon=Theme
4	streak	participle			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	shift	gerund		grey property	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
6	stare	gerund		past the Mole; far property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent past mole=Theme

Option 3

Wide and bright, turned toward the window and bright blue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 turned	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 bright	cc
3	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Wide	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 turned	punct
5	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	toward	toward	ADP	_	8 window	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 window	det
8	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turned	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 blue	cc
10	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 blue	amod
11	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 window	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	participle	Wide			the window			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme toward window=Trajectory

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Glazed and set, and turned a streaked and shifting grey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Glazed	glaze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 turned	parataxis
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 set	cc
3	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Glazed	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 turned	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 turned	cc
6	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 grey	det
8	streaked	streak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 grey	amod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 shifting	cc
10	shifting	shift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 streaked	conj
11	grey	grey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	glaze	participle		vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
2	set	infinitive		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	turn	past	a streaked grey	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent grey=Theme
4	streak	participle		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	shift	gerund		vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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