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

Select the response which is consistent with the established facts concerning Toad's deliverance from the river.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, Toad · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, deliver · To what, where: response, deliverance, river

This is exam question 4 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	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	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 deliverance	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Toad	case
14	deliverance	deliverance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 river	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 river	det
17	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	is	present	the response			with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	Toad's deliverance	the river		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus deliverance=Experiencer
5	deliver		Toad				nom deliverance «act 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

He swam to the bank and was saved by a boat

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 swam	nsubj
2	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 bank	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bank	det
5	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swam	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 saved	cc
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 saved	aux:pass
8	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 swam	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 boat	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 boat	det
11	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	past	He			the bank			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bank=Destination
2	save	past · passive	He not said here					by a boat	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»

Option 2

He swam to the shore

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 swam	nsubj
2	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 shore	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shore	det
5	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swam	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	past	He			the shore			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shore=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He seized the edge of a hole in the bank, wherein the Water Rat appeared

The tree, 15 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 seized	nsubj
2	seized	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 edge	det
4	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seized	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 hole	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hole	det
7	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 edge	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 bank	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bank	det
10	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hole	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 appeared	punct
12	wherein	wherein	ADV	PronType=Int	16 appeared	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Rat	det
14	Water	Water	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Rat	compound
15	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 appeared	nsubj
16	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 seized	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	past	He	the edge of a hole in the bank					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent edge=Theme
2	appear	past	the Water Rat					wherein property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He climbed a tree and waited for the flood

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 climbed	nsubj
2	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tree	det
4	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 waited	cc
6	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 climbed	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 flood	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 flood	det
9	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	past	He	a tree					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme
2	wait	past	He not said here					for the flood	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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