Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer…
Ascertain the circumstance that occasioned Toad's ready compliance with the Rat's instructions.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, circumstance, Toad, Rat · What happens: ascertain, occasion, comply, instruct · To what, where: circumstance, ready compliance
This is exam question 2 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 circumstance | det |
| 3 | circumstance | circumstance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 occasioned | nsubj |
| 5 | occasioned | occasion | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 circumstance | acl:relcl |
| 6 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 compliance | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Toad | case |
| 8 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 compliance | amod |
| 9 | compliance | compliance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 occasioned | obj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 instructions | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Rat | det |
| 12 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 instructions | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Rat | case |
| 14 | instructions | instruction | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 compliance | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the circumstance | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent circumstance=Topic | ||||
| 2 | occasion | past | the circumstance | Toad's ready compliance | with the Rat's instructions | tree rules | |||
| 3 | comply | Toad | with the Rat's instructions | nom compliance «act intransitive»: poss=agent with=obl | |||||
| 4 | instruct | the Rat | nom instruction «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
A sudden fright at the sound of footsteps
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 fright | det |
| 2 | sudden | sudden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fright | amod |
| 3 | fright | fright | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 sound | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sound | det |
| 6 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fright | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 footsteps | case |
| 8 | footsteps | footstep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 sound | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The Rat's stern warning about the Stoats and Weasels
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Rat | det |
| 2 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 warning | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Rat | case |
| 4 | stern | stern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 warning | amod |
| 5 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 Stoats | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Stoats | det |
| 8 | Stoats | stoat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 warning | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 Weasels | cc |
| 10 | Weasels | weasel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 Stoats | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | warn | the Rat | about the Stoats and Weasels | nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent about=obl |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
His beholding his own reflection in the looking-glass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Gender=Masc Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 beholding | nsubj |
| 2 | beholding | behold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 reflection | nmod:poss |
| 4 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reflection | amod |
| 5 | reflection | reflection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 beholding | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 glass | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 glass | det |
| 8 | looking | look | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 glass | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 looking | punct |
| 10 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 beholding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | behold | gerund | His = he | his own reflection | the looking glass | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reflection=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | look | gerund | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
His catching sight of himself in the looking-glass, which made him feel ridiculous at last
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 sight | nmod:poss |
| 2 | catching | catching | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sight | compound |
| 3 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 made | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 himself | case |
| 5 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 sight | nmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 glass | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 glass | det |
| 8 | looking | look | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 glass | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 looking | punct |
| 10 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sight | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 made | punct |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 made | nsubj |
| 13 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 made | obj |
| 15 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 made | xcomp |
| 16 | ridiculous | ridiculous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 feel | xcomp |
| 17 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 last | case |
| 18 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 ridiculous | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | gerund | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||||
| 2 | make | past | His catching sight of sight in the looking glass | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | feel | infinitive | him = he not said here | ridiculous property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | sight | His = he | sight | the looking glass | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient in=place |
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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