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

It is given that the occupants of the car did not recognise Toad. State the condition they believed him to be in.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: occupants, you · What happens: give, not recognise, state, believe, be · To what, where: It, Toad, condition · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is given that the occupants of the car did not recognise Toad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 recognise	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 occupants	det
6	occupants	occupant	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 recognise	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 car	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 car	det
9	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 occupants	nmod
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 recognise	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 recognise	advmod
12	recognise	recognise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	advcl
13	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 recognise	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	not recognise	past · do-support	the occupants of the car	Toad					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer toad=Stimulus

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.

Sentence 2: State the condition they believed him to be in.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 believed	nsubj
5	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 condition	acl:relcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 believed	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	9 in	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 in	cop
9	in	in	ADV	_	5 believed	ccomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the condition		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic
2	believe	past	occupants = occupant	Toad		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3	is	to-infinitive			in property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

A poor washerwoman who had collapsed and fainted in the middle of the road from the heat

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 washerwoman	det
2	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 washerwoman	amod
3	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 collapsed	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 collapsed	aux
6	collapsed	collapse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 washerwoman	acl:relcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fainted	cc
8	fainted	faint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 collapsed	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 middle	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 middle	det
11	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 collapsed	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 road	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 road	det
14	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 middle	nmod
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 heat	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 heat	det
17	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 collapsed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collapse	past · perfect	a poor washerwoman			the middle of the road		from the heat	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	faint	participle	a poor washerwoman not said here						vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

A kind farmer's wife, unwell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 farmer	det
2	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 farmer	amod
3	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wife	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 farmer	case
5	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 unwell	punct
7	unwell	unwell	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wife	amod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

A washerwoman who had fainted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 washerwoman	det
2	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 fainted	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fainted	aux
5	fainted	faint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 washerwoman	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	faint	past · perfect	a washerwoman						vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

A fainted lady

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lady	det
2	fainted	faint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lady	amod
3	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	faint	participle							vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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