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

Ascertain the course of action adopted by Toad in pursuit of «solid revenge».

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, adopt, pursue · To what, where: course, action, pursuit, solid revenge

This is exam question 2 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	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	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 action	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 Toad	case
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 adopted	obl:agent
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 pursuit	case
10	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 adopted	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 revenge	case
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 revenge	punct
13	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 revenge	amod
14	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pursuit	nmod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 revenge	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the course of action		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
2	adopt	participle		action not said here	pursuit of solid revenge	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	pursue			solid revenge		nom pursuit «act 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

He stole the horse

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 stole	nsubj
2	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 horse	det
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stole	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	He	the horse					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location horse=Theme

Option 2

He unhitched the horse and rode off

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 unhitched	nsubj
2	unhitched	unhitch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 horse	det
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 unhitched	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 rode	cc
6	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 unhitched	conj
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 rode	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unhitch	past	He	the horse					vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient
2	ride off	past	He not said here						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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

He detached the barge-horse from the tow-rope and departed upon it

The tree, 13 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	2 detached	nsubj
2	detached	detach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 horse	det
4	barge	barge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 horse	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 barge	punct
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 detached	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	11 rope	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rope	det
9	tow	tow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rope	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 tow	punct
11	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 detached	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 departed	cc
13	departed	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 detached	conj
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 departed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	detach	past	He	the barge horse				from the tow rope	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent horse=Patient from rope=Co-Patient
2	depart	past	He not said here					upon rope	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He rode away

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 rode	nsubj
2	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 rode	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride away	past	He					away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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