Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All…

Ascertain the course adopted by the Mole in respect of his companion's satchel.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, adopt, respect · To what, where: course, respect, satchel

This is exam question 3 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 course	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Mole	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Mole	det
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 adopted	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 respect	case
9	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 adopted	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 satchel	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 companion	nmod:poss
12	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 satchel	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 companion	case
14	satchel	satchel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 respect	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the course			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
2	adopt	participle		the course not said here	respect of his companion's satchel	by the Mole	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	respect			his companion's satchel			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

He stuffed it into the cellar and left it there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stuffed	nsubj
2	stuffed	stuff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stuffed	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 cellar	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cellar	det
6	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stuffed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 left	cc
8	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stuffed	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 left	obj
10	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stuff	past	He	it		the cellar			vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme into cellar=Destination
2	leave	past	He not said here	cellar		there			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

He placed it under the table and sat on it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 placed	nsubj
2	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 placed	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 table	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 table	det
6	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sat	cc
8	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 placed	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	past	He	it		the table			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme under table=Destination
2	sit	past	He not said here			table			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location

Option 3

He burned it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 burned	nsubj
2	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 burned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past	He	it					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He threw it into a drawer and locked it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threw	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 drawer	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 drawer	det
6	drawer	drawer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 locked	cc
8	locked	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 locked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	He	it				into a drawer result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer it=Theme into drawer=Result
2	lock	past	He not said here	drawer					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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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