Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Ad…

Identify the circumstance which, by Toad's own reckoning, was «worth fifty blankets» upon his awakening.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Toad · What happens: identify, be, reckon, awaken · To what, where: circumstance · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 61 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Adventures of Toad (free, the canal and the barge-woman's washing)» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 circumstance	det
3	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 circumstance	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 reckoning	punct
6	by	by	ADP	_	10 reckoning	case
7	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 reckoning	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Toad	case
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 reckoning	amod
10	reckoning	reckoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 worth	punct
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 worth	cop
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 worth	punct
14	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	parataxis
15	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 blankets	nummod
16	blankets	blanket	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 worth	obj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 worth	punct
18	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 awakening	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 awakening	nmod:poss
20	awakening	awakening	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 worth	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the circumstance	by Toad's own reckoning	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme clause=Attribute
2	is in a quote	past			upon Toad's awakening; worth property	tree rules
3	reckon		Toad			nom reckoning «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
4	awaken		Toad			nom awakening «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

The realisation that he had been rescued by a kind passing barge-woman and her husband

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 realisation	det
2	realisation	realisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 rescued	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rescued	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 rescued	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 rescued	aux:pass
7	rescued	rescue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 realisation	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 kind	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 kind	det
10	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rescued	obl
11	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 kind	acl
12	barge	barge	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 woman	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 barge	punct
14	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 passing	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 husband	cc
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 husband	nmod:poss
17	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kind	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue	past · perfect · passive	a kind and woman's husband	he					vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	pass	gerund	a kind and woman's husband not said here	barge woman					vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme woman=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The realisation that he was free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 realisation	det
2	realisation	realisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 free	nsubj
3	that	that	ADP	_	4 he	case
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 realisation	nmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 free	cop
6	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the realisation that he					free property	tree rules

Option 3

The thought of his lovely home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 thought	det
2	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 home	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 home	nmod:poss
5	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 home	amod
6	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think			his lovely home					nom thought «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Finding out that the police had given up searching for him in the wood at last

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Finding	find	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Finding	compound:prt
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 given	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 police	det
5	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 given	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 given	aux
7	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Finding	advcl
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 given	compound:prt
9	searching	search	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Finding	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 searching	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 wood	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wood	det
14	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 searching	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 last	case
16	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 searching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	find out	gerund				vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
2	give up	past · perfect · passive	the police			vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Source
3	search	gerund		the wood	for him = he; at last	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for he=Theme in wood=Location

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