Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer…

Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the Rat's counsel at the close of this part?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: established facts · What happens: follow, be, establish, concern · To what, where: counsel, close

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 consistent	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consistent	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 consistent	cop
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 facts	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 facts	det
10	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 facts	amod
11	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consistent	obl
12	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 facts	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Rat	det
14	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 counsel	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Rat	case
16	counsel	counsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concerning	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 close	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 close	det
19	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concerning	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 part	case
21	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	22 part	det
22	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 close	nmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 consistent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present				of the following statements; with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the Rat's counsel	the close of this part		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus counsel=Experiencer

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

That the police must be called now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 called	nsubj:pass
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 police	det
3	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 called	nsubj:pass
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 called	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 called	aux:pass
6	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 called	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	must · passive		That			now		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 2

That Toad should go back at once

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 go	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 go	aux
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 go	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	should	that Toad						vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

Option 3

That the boat must be rowed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 boat	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boat	det
3	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rowed	nsubj:pass
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 rowed	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 rowed	aux:pass
6	rowed	row	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	row	must · passive		that boat					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: subject=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

That nothing could be done until the Mole and the Badger had been consulted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 nothing	det
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 done	nsubj:pass
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 done	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 done	aux:pass
5	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 consulted	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Mole	det
8	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 consulted	nsubj:pass
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 Badger	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Badger	det
11	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Mole	conj
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 consulted	aux
13	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 consulted	aux:pass
14	consulted	consult	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 done	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	could · passive		nothing					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	consult	past · perfect · passive		the Mole and the Badger					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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