Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer…
Identify the article of attire which the Water Rat directed Toad to remove upon his arrival.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Water Rat, Rat · What happens: identify, direct, remove, article, arrive · To what, where: article, attire
This is exam question 1 of lesson 65 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (home at the Rat's, a telling-off, and bad news)» 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 article | det |
| 3 | article | article | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 attire | case |
| 5 | attire | attire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 article | nmod |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 directed | obj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Rat | det |
| 8 | Water | Water | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Rat | compound |
| 9 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 directed | nsubj |
| 10 | directed | direct | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 article | acl:relcl |
| 11 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 directed | obj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 remove | mark |
| 13 | remove | remove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 directed | xcomp |
| 14 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 16 arrival | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 arrival | nmod:poss |
| 16 | arrival | arrival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 remove | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the article of attire | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent article=Theme | ||||
| 2 | direct | past | the Water Rat | the article of attire | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | remove | to-infinitive | the Water Rat not said here | upon Rat's arrival | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | article | attire | nom article «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 5 | arrive | Rat | nom arrival «act intransitive»: 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 muddy overcoat he had been wearing all along
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 overcoat | det |
| 2 | muddy | muddy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 overcoat | amod |
| 3 | overcoat | overcoat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wearing | nsubj |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 wearing | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 wearing | aux |
| 6 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 wearing | aux |
| 7 | wearing | wear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 wearing | advmod |
| 9 | along | along | ADV | _ | 7 wearing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | past · perfect · progressive | the muddy overcoat | all, along property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The cotton gown formerly belonging to a washerwoman
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cotton | det |
| 2 | cotton | cotton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gown | nsubj |
| 3 | gown | gown | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | formerly | formerly | ADV | _ | 5 belonging | advmod |
| 5 | belonging | belong | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 gown | advcl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 washerwoman | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 washerwoman | det |
| 8 | washerwoman | washerwoman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 belonging | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gown | infinitive | the cotton | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | belong | gerund | the cotton not said here | to a washerwoman; formerly property | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The rusty hat fastened under his chin tightly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 hat | det |
| 2 | rusty | rusty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 hat | amod |
| 3 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fastened | nsubj |
| 4 | fastened | fasten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 chin | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 chin | nmod:poss |
| 7 | chin | chin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fastened | obl |
| 8 | tightly | tightly | ADV | _ | 4 fastened | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fasten | past | the rusty hat | his chin | tightly property | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
The cotton gown formerly belonging to a washerwoman and the bonnet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cotton | det |
| 2 | cotton | cotton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gown | nsubj |
| 3 | gown | gown | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | formerly | formerly | ADV | _ | 5 belonging | advmod |
| 5 | belonging | belong | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 gown | advcl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 washerwoman | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 washerwoman | det |
| 8 | washerwoman | washerwoman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 belonging | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 bonnet | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bonnet | det |
| 11 | bonnet | bonnet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 washerwoman | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gown | infinitive | the cotton | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | belong | gerund | the cotton not said here | to a washerwoman and the bonnet; formerly property | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: 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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