Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer…

Select the response which most accurately characterises the Badger's assessment of an assault upon Toad Hall.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Badger · What happens: select, characteris, assess · To what, where: response, assault

This is exam question 4 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

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Badger	det
9	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 assessment	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Badger	case
11	assessment	assessment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 assault	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 assault	det
14	assault	assault	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 assessment	nmod
15	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 Hall	case
16	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Hall	compound
17	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 assault	nmod
18	.	.	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	accurately property	tree rules
3	assess		the Badger	a assault upon Toad Hall		nom assessment «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

That it was useless, the stoats being too strong and the best sentinels in the world

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 useless	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 useless	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 useless	cop
4	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 strong	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stoats	det
7	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 strong	nsubj
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 strong	cop
9	too	too	ADV	_	10 strong	advmod
10	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 useless	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 sentinels	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sentinels	det
13	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 sentinels	amod
14	sentinels	sentinel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 useless	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 world	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 world	det
17	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sentinels	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	That					useless property	tree rules
2	is	gerund	the stoats					strong property	tree rules

Option 2

That the stoats would surrender at the first attack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 surrender	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stoats	det
3	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 surrender	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 surrender	aux
5	surrender	surrender	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 attack	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 attack	det
8	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 attack	amod
9	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 surrender	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surrender	would	That			the first attack			vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

That it was worthwhile, the Hall being badly guarded by a few tired stoats

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 worthwhile	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 worthwhile	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 worthwhile	cop
4	worthwhile	worthwhile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 guarded	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Hall	det
7	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 guarded	nsubj:pass
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 guarded	aux:pass
9	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 guarded	advmod
10	guarded	guard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 worthwhile	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	15 stoats	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 stoats	det
13	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 stoats	amod
14	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 stoats	amod
15	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 guarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	That					worthwhile property	tree rules
2	guard	gerund · passive	a few tired stoats	the Hall				badly property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

That it was useless, the stoats being too strong and the best sentinels in the world, and that Toad would be sorry for it

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 useless	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 useless	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 useless	cop
4	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 strong	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stoats	det
7	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 strong	nsubj
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 strong	cop
9	too	too	ADV	_	10 strong	advmod
10	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 useless	parataxis
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 sentinels	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sentinels	det
13	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 sentinels	amod
14	sentinels	sentinel	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 strong	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 world	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 world	det
17	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sentinels	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 sorry	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 sorry	cc
20	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 sorry	mark
21	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 sorry	nsubj
22	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 sorry	aux
23	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	24 sorry	cop
24	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 useless	conj
25	for	for	ADP	_	26 it	case
26	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 sorry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	That	useless property	tree rules
2	is	gerund	the stoats	strong property	tree rules
3	is	would	Toad	for world; sorry property	tree rules

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