Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Ad…

Select the response which most accurately characterises the pretext upon which Toad obtained the front seat.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Toad · What happens: select, characteris, obtain · To what, where: response, front seat

This is exam question 4 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	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 pretext	det
9	pretext	pretext	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 obtained	obl
12	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 obtained	nsubj
13	obtained	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 pretext	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 seat	det
15	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 seat	amod
16	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 obtained	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	obtain	past	Toad	the front seat	upon the pretext	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Theme

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

That he wanted to watch the road ahead closely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 wanted	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 watch	mark
5	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 road	det
7	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 watch	obj
8	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	5 watch	advmod
9	closely	closely	ADV	_	5 watch	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	That						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	watch not said to happen	to-infinitive	That not said here	the road				ahead, closely property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme

Option 2

That he was too ill to sit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 ill	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ill	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ill	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 ill	advmod
5	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 sit	mark
7	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 ill	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	That					ill property	tree rules
2	sit	to-infinitive	That not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That he required the fresh air full in his face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 required	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 required	nsubj
3	required	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 air	det
5	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 air	amod
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	obj
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 required	xcomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 face	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 face	nmod:poss
10	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 required	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	past	That	the fresh air		his face		full property	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme air=Precondition

Option 4

That he needed the fresh air full in his face, for his health, after having been nearly fainting in the dusty road for hours

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 needed	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 needed	nsubj
3	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 air	det
5	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 air	amod
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needed	obj
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 air	amod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 face	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 face	nmod:poss
10	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 full	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 health	punct
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 health	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 health	nmod:poss
14	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needed	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 fainting	punct
16	after	after	SCONJ	_	20 fainting	mark
17	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 fainting	reparandum
18	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	20 fainting	aux
19	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	20 fainting	advmod
20	fainting	faint	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 needed	advcl
21	in	in	ADP	_	24 road	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 road	det
23	dusty	dusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 road	amod
24	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 fainting	obl
25	for	for	ADP	_	26 hours	case
26	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 fainting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	past	That	the fresh air			for his health	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot air=Theme
2	have	gerund						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	faint	participle · progressive	That not said here		the dusty road	hour	nearly property	vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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