Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer…

Identify the conclusion which Mole and Badger drew, «arguing from history», respecting Toad's return.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Mole, Toad · What happens: identify, draw, argue, respect, return · To what, where: conclusion, history, return

This is exam question 1 of lesson 66 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (how Toad Hall was taken, a gun at the gate and a sunken boat)» 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 conclusion	det
3	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 drew	obj
5	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 drew	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Badger	cc
7	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Mole	conj
8	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 conclusion	acl:relcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 arguing	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 arguing	punct
11	arguing	argue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 drew	advcl
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 history	case
13	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 arguing	obl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 arguing	punct
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 respecting	punct
16	respecting	respect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 drew	advcl
17	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 return	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 Toad	case
19	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 respecting	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the conclusion		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conclusion=Theme
2	draw	past	Mole and Badger	the conclusion		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
3	argue speech: disagree in a quote	gerund	Mole and Badger not said here		history	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	respect	gerund	Mole and Badger not said here	Toad's return		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer return=Stimulus
5	return		Toad			nom return «communication 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

That the law was fair to all and always won

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 law	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 law	det
3	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fair	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fair	cop
5	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 fair	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 won	cc
9	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 won	advmod
10	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 fair	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	that law					to all; fair property	tree rules
2	win	participle	that law not said here					always property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

That the law was fair to all, and no one with cheek could ever escape prison, whatever their wealth or plausibility

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	3 law	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 law	det
3	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fair	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fair	cop
5	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 fair	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 escape	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 escape	cc
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 one	det
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 escape	nsubj
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 cheek	case
13	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 one	nmod
14	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 escape	aux
15	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	16 escape	advmod
16	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 fair	conj
17	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 escape	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 whatever	punct
19	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 fair	parataxis
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 wealth	nmod:poss
21	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 whatever	nsubj
22	or	or	CCONJ	_	23 plausibility	cc
23	plausibility	plausibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 wealth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	that law					to all; fair property	tree rules
2	escape	could	no one with cheek	prison			ever		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme prison=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That no criminal law had prevailed against cheek and plausibility combined with a long purse

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 prevailed	nsubj:pass
2	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 law	det
3	criminal	criminal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 law	amod
4	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prevailed	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 prevailed	aux
6	prevailed	prevail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	against	against	ADP	_	8 cheek	case
8	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prevailed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 plausibility	cc
10	plausibility	plausibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cheek	conj
11	combined	combine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 cheek	acl
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 purse	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 purse	det
14	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 purse	amod
15	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 combined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevail	past · perfect · passive		That				against cheek and plausibility	tree rules
2	combine	participle		cheek and plausibility not said here				with a long purse	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with purse=Co-Patient

Option 4

That cheek and money had never been beaten by the law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 cheek	det
2	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 beaten	nsubj:pass
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 money	cc
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cheek	conj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 beaten	aux
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 beaten	advmod
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 beaten	aux:pass
8	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 law	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 law	det
11	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 beaten	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not beat	past · perfect · passive	the law	that cheek and money					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme

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