Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Ad…

Identify the means by which the barge-woman ascertained Toad's true identity.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, the, barge woman · What happens: identify, mean, ascertain · To what, where: true identity

This is exam question 1 of lesson 62 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Adventures of Toad (into the canal, the stolen horse and «a shilling a leg»)» 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 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	ccomp
4	by	by	ADP	_	9 woman	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 woman	nsubj
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	3 means	obl
10	ascertained	ascertain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 woman	acl
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 identity	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Toad	case
13	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 identity	amod
14	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ascertained	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	the		by the barge woman	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	ascertain	participle	the barge woman not said here	Toad's true identity		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Topic

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

By peering closely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 peering	mark
2	peering	peer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	closely	closely	ADV	_	2 peering	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peer	gerund						closely property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2

By peering very closely beneath the brim of his bonnet at his face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 peering	mark
2	peering	peer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 closely	advmod
4	closely	closely	ADV	_	2 peering	advmod
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	7 brim	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 brim	det
7	brim	brim	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 peering	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 bonnet	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 bonnet	nmod:poss
10	bonnet	bonnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 brim	nmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 face	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 face	nmod:poss
13	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 peering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peer	gerund				his face		beneath the brim of his bonnet; closely property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent beneath brim=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

By peering closely beneath his bonnet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 peering	mark
2	peering	peer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	closely	closely	ADV	_	2 peering	advmod
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	6 bonnet	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 bonnet	nmod:poss
6	bonnet	bonnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 peering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peer	gerund						beneath his bonnet; closely property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent beneath bonnet=Theme

Option 4

By looking under his bonnet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 looking	mark
2	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 bonnet	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 bonnet	nmod:poss
5	bonnet	bonnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	gerund						under his bonnet	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent under bonnet=Theme

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