Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer…
It is given that three animals were speaking simultaneously. State the means by which order was restored.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: three animals, State · What happens: give, speak, mean, restore · To what, where: It, order · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 3 of lesson 67 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (loyal friends, cold pie and «Be quiet at once!»)» 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 three animals were speaking simultaneously.
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 | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 three | det |
| 5 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 animals | nummod |
| 6 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 speaking | nsubj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 speaking | aux |
| 8 | speaking | speak | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 given | ccomp |
| 9 | simultaneously | simultaneously | ADV | _ | 8 speaking | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | speak speech: other | past · progressive | three animals | simultaneously property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: State the means by which order was restored.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 8 restored | mark |
| 5 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 6 order | det |
| 6 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 restored | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 restored | aux:pass |
| 8 | restored | restore | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 means | ccomp |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | State | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | restore | past · passive | which order | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The Badger commanded silence in a thin, dry voice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Badger | det |
| 2 | Badger | Badger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 commanded | nsubj |
| 3 | commanded | command | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | silence | silence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 commanded | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 voice | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 voice | det |
| 7 | thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 voice | amod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 thin | punct |
| 9 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 voice | amod |
| 10 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 commanded | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | command | past | the Badger | silence | a thin dry voice | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent silence=Theme in voice=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The Rat hushed them with a loud whistle
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 | 3 hushed | nsubj |
| 3 | hushed | hush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hushed | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 whistle | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 whistle | det |
| 7 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 whistle | amod |
| 8 | whistle | whistle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hushed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hush | past | the Rat | them = they | with a loud whistle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with whistle=Instrument |
Option 3
Toad left the room
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 left | nsubj |
| 2 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 room | det |
| 4 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 left | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | Toad | the room | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme |
Option 4
Mole tapped the table in a quiet voice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mole | Mole | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 tapped | nsubj |
| 2 | tapped | tap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 table | det |
| 4 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tapped | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 voice | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 voice | det |
| 7 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 voice | amod |
| 8 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tapped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tap | past | Mole | the table | a quiet voice | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent table=Theme in voice=Destination |
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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