Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer…

It is given that the Rat expressed displeasure at being thought to «keep company with gaol-birds». Select the response which most accurately characterises his objection to Toad's conduct.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat, you, Toad · What happens: give, express, think, keep, select, characteris · To what, where: It, displeasure, company, response · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is given that the Rat expressed displeasure at being thought to «keep company with gaol-birds».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 expressed	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Rat	det
6	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 expressed	nsubj
7	expressed	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	displeasure	displeasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 expressed	obj
9	at	at	SCONJ	_	11 thought	mark
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 thought	aux:pass
11	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 expressed	advcl
12	to	to	PART	_	14 keep	mark
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 keep	punct
14	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 thought	ccomp
15	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 keep	obj
16	with	with	ADP	_	19 birds	case
17	gaol	gaol	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 birds	compound
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 gaol	punct
19	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 keep	obl
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 birds	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	express	past	the Rat	displeasure		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent displeasure=Theme
3	think speech: other	gerund · passive	the Rat not said here			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: clause=Theme
4	keep in a quote	to-infinitive		company	with gaol birds	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent company=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.

Sentence 2: Select the response which most accurately characterises his objection to Toad's conduct.

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	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 objection	nmod:poss
9	objection	objection	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 conduct	case
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 conduct	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Toad	case
13	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obl
14	.	.	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	to Toad's conduct; accurately property	tree rules
3	object		Rat			nom objection «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
4	conduct		Toad			nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

That Toad had chosen to become a convict by stealing motor-cars and then boasting about it to everyone he met

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Toad	det
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 chosen	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chosen	aux
4	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 become	mark
6	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 chosen	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 convict	det
8	convict	convict	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 become	xcomp
9	by	by	SCONJ	_	10 stealing	mark
10	stealing	steal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 become	advcl
11	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cars	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 motor	punct
13	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 stealing	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 boasting	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 boasting	advmod
16	boasting	boast	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 stealing	conj
17	about	about	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 boasting	obl
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 everyone	case
20	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	16 boasting	obl
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 met	nsubj
22	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 everyone	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	choose	past · perfect	that Toad					tree rules
2	become	to-infinitive	that Toad not said here	a convict				vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	steal	gerund	that Toad not said here	motor cars				vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location car=Theme
4	boast speech: other	gerund	that Toad not said here		everyone	then	about Toad	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic PP.recipient»: agent=Agent about it=Topic to everyone=Recipient
5	meet	past	he					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That Toad had chosen to become a convict by stealing motor-cars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Toad	det
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 chosen	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chosen	aux
4	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 become	mark
6	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 chosen	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 convict	det
8	convict	convict	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 become	xcomp
9	by	by	SCONJ	_	10 stealing	mark
10	stealing	steal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 become	advcl
11	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cars	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 motor	punct
13	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 stealing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	choose	past · perfect	that Toad		tree rules
2	become	to-infinitive	that Toad not said here	a convict	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	steal	gerund	that Toad not said here	motor cars	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location car=Theme

Option 3

That Toad dislikes the Rat's cooking and house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Toad	det
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dislikes	nsubj
3	dislikes	dislike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 cooking	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Rat	case
7	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dislikes	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 house	cc
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cooking	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dislike	present	that Toad	the Rat's cooking and house					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cooking=Stimulus
2	cook		the Rat						nom cooking «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

That the Rat himself has been a convict in the past

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 Rat	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Rat	det
3	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 convict	nsubj
4	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 Rat	nmod
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 convict	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 convict	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 convict	det
8	convict	convict	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 past	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 past	det
11	past	past	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 convict	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present · perfect	the Rat himself	a convict		the past			tree rules

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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