Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer…
It is given that a stone was dropped upon Toad's vessel. Select the response which most accurately identifies the perpetrators.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, drop, select, identify · To what, where: It, stone, vessel, response
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a stone was dropped upon Toad's vessel.
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 | _ | 8 dropped | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 stone | det |
| 6 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dropped | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 dropped | aux:pass |
| 8 | dropped | drop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 12 vessel | case |
| 10 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 vessel | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 Toad | case |
| 12 | vessel | vessel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dropped | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | drop | past · passive | a stone | Toad's vessel | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme upon vessel=Destination |
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 identifies the perpetrators.
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 identifies | obj |
| 5 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 6 accurately | advmod |
| 6 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 7 identifies | advmod |
| 7 | identifies | identify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 response | acl:relcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 perpetrators | det |
| 9 | perpetrators | perpetrator | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 identifies | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 | identify | present | the response | accurately property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Three weasels on the bank
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 weasels | nummod |
| 2 | weasels | weasel | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 bank | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bank | det |
| 5 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 weasels | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A stoat under the gate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 stoat | det |
| 2 | stoat | stoat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | under | under | ADP | _ | 5 gate | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 gate | det |
| 5 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stoat | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Two stoats upon the bridge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 stoats | nummod |
| 2 | stoats | stoat | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 5 bridge | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bridge | det |
| 5 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stoats | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Two stoats upon the bridge, who were laughing as they shouted to Toad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 stoats | nummod |
| 2 | stoats | stoat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 shouted | nsubj |
| 3 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 5 bridge | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bridge | det |
| 5 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stoats | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 laughing | punct |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 laughing | nsubj |
| 8 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 laughing | aux |
| 9 | laughing | laugh | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 shouted | advcl |
| 10 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 shouted | mark |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 shouted | nsubj |
| 12 | shouted | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 Toad | case |
| 14 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 shouted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | past · progressive | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | past | Two stoats upon the bridge | Toad | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to toad=Recipient |
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