Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Ad…

Select the response which most accurately characterises the consequence of Toad's assertion that he delighted in washing.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Toad · What happens: select, characteris, delight, assert · To what, where: response, assertion, washing

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 characterises	obj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 response	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 consequence	det
9	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 assertion	case
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 assertion	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Toad	case
13	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 consequence	nmod
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 delighted	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 delighted	nsubj
16	delighted	delight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 assertion	acl
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 washing	case
18	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 delighted	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	characteris	present		the response		accurately property	tree rules
3	delight	past	Toad	Toad's assertion not said here	washing		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus assertion=Experiencer
4	assert		Toad				nom assertion «communication transitive»: 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 right answer

He was set to wash the barge-woman's garments

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	3 set	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 set	aux:pass
3	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 wash	mark
5	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 set	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 woman	det
7	barge	barge	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 woman	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 barge	punct
9	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 garments	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 woman	case
11	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wash	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past · passive		He					tree rules
2	wash	to-infinitive		the barge woman's garments					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He was forced to wash every garment on the barge and then iron them carefully all afternoon

The tree, 17 words

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	3 forced	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 forced	aux:pass
3	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 wash	mark
5	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forced	xcomp
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 garment	det
7	garment	garment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wash	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 barge	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 barge	det
10	barge	barge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wash	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 iron	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 iron	advmod
13	iron	iron	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wash	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 iron	obj
15	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	13 iron	advmod
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 afternoon	det
17	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 iron	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	force	past · passive		He				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	wash	to-infinitive	He not said here	every garment	the barge			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Patient
3	iron	infinitive	He not said here	them = they		then; afternoon	carefully property	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3

He was sent to fetch the horse from the field

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	3 sent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fetch	mark
5	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sent	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 horse	det
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fetch	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 field	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 field	det
10	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fetch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive		He					tree rules
2	fetch	to-infinitive	He not said here	the horse		the field			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent horse=Theme from field=Source

Option 4

He was made to wash the barge-woman's garments and then dig a hole in the towpath for her

The tree, 20 words

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	3 made	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 wash	mark
5	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 made	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 woman	det
7	barge	barge	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 woman	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 barge	punct
9	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 garments	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 woman	case
11	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wash	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 dig	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 dig	advmod
14	dig	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wash	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 hole	det
16	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dig	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 towpath	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 towpath	det
19	towpath	towpath	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dig	obl
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 her	case
21	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 dig	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		He				tree rules
2	wash	to-infinitive	He not said here	the barge woman's garments				vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Patient
3	dig	infinitive	He not said here	a hole	the towpath	then	for woman	vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent hole=Result for she=Beneficiary

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