Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Ad…

Ascertain the cause of Toad's collapse upon the high road.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Toad · What happens: ascertain, cause, collapse · To what, where: cause, collapse

This is exam question 2 of lesson 63 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Adventures of Toad (the most conceited song and the very same motor-car)» 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 cause	det
3	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 collapse	case
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 collapse	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Toad	case
7	collapse	collapse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cause	nmod
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 road	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 road	det
10	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 road	amod
11	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 collapse	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the cause of Toad's collapse upon the high road		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Topic
2	cause			Toad's collapse upon the high road		nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient
3	collapse		Toad		upon the high road	nom collapse «state intransitive»: poss=agent upon=obl

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

Shock at seeing the car he had stolen from the inn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	at	at	SCONJ	_	3 seeing	mark
3	seeing	see	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Shock	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 car	det
5	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seeing	obj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stolen	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 stolen	aux
8	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 car	acl:relcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 inn	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 inn	det
11	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stolen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	gerund	Shock not said here	the car					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer car=Stimulus
2	steal	past · perfect	he	the car not said here		the inn			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent car=Theme from inn=Source

Option 2

He saw his old enemy the Badger on the road

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 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 enemy	nmod:poss
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 enemy	amod
5	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Badger	det
7	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 enemy	appos
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 road	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 road	det
10	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	He	his old enemy		the road			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer enemy=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

His recognition of the motor-car as the very one he had stolen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 recognition	nmod:poss
2	recognition	recognition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 car	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 car	det
5	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 car	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 motor	punct
7	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recognition	nmod
8	as	as	ADP	_	11 one	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 one	det
10	very	very	ADV	_	11 one	advmod
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recognition	nmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 stolen	nsubj
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 stolen	aux
14	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 one	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past · perfect	he	the one not said here					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location one=Theme
2	recognize		His = he	the motor car				as the one	nom recognition «state transitive»: poss=agent of=patient as=obl

Option 4

The sight of the motor-car, which he had stolen from the Red Lion and had never expected to see again, shocked him

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sight	det
2	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 shocked	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 car	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 car	det
5	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 car	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 motor	punct
7	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sight	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stolen	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 stolen	nsubj:pass
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 stolen	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 stolen	aux
12	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sight	acl
13	from	from	ADP	_	16 Lion	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Lion	det
15	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Lion	compound
16	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 stolen	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 expected	cc
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 expected	aux
19	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	20 expected	advmod
20	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 stolen	conj
21	to	to	PART	_	22 see	mark
22	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 expected	xcomp
23	again	again	ADV	_	22 see	advmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 sight	punct
25	shocked	shock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
26	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 shocked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past · perfect · passive		the sight of the motor car		from the Red Lion	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from lion=Source
2	not expect	past · perfect					vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	see not said to happen	to-infinitive			again		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	shock	past	the sight of the motor car	Lion			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
5	sight			the motor car			nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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