Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Ad…

Identify the remark which, by the narrator's account, caused Toad to «lose his head».

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Toad, narrator · What happens: identify, cause, lose, account · To what, where: remark, Toad, head

This is exam question 1 of lesson 64 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Adventures of Toad (the horse-pond, the chase and a face in the bank)» 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 remark	det
3	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 remark	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 account	punct
6	by	by	ADP	_	10 account	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 narrator	det
8	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 account	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 narrator	case
10	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 caused	punct
12	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
13	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 caused	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	16 lose	mark
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 lose	punct
16	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 caused	xcomp
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 head	nmod:poss
18	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 lose	obj
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 caused	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the remark	by the narrator's account	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent remark=Theme
2	cause	past		Toad		tree rules
3	lose in a quote	to-infinitive	Toad not said here	Toad's head		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality
4	account		the narrator			nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

«Be careful, washerwoman!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 careful	punct
2	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	3 careful	cop
3	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 washerwoman	punct
5	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 careful	vocative
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 careful	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 careful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	imperative	you not said here					washerwoman vocative; careful property	tree rules

Option 2

«Stop, thief!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Stop	punct
2	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 thief	punct
4	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Stop	obj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Stop	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop in a quote	imperative	you not said here	thief					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality thief=Eventuality

Option 3

«Mind the bend, sir!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Mind	punct
2	Mind	mind	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bend	det
4	bend	bend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Mind	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sir	punct
6	sir	sir	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Mind	vocative
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Mind	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Mind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mind in a quote	imperative	you not said here	the bend				sir vocative	vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bend=Theme

Option 4

«Fancy a washerwoman driving!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Fancy	punct
2	Fancy	fancy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 washerwoman	det
4	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Fancy	obj
5	driving	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 Fancy	xcomp
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Fancy	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Fancy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fancy in a quote	imperative	you not said here	a washerwoman					tree rules
2	drive in a quote	gerund	you not said here						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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