Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer…
It is given that the passage terminates beneath a certain chamber. Select the response which correctly identifies that chamber.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: passage, you, response · What happens: give, terminate, select, identify · To what, where: It, response, chamber
This is exam question 3 of lesson 68 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (the secret passage, the birthday banquet and «learn 'em»)» 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 the passage terminates beneath a certain chamber.
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 | _ | 7 terminates | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 passage | det |
| 6 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 terminates | nsubj |
| 7 | terminates | terminate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 11 chamber | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 chamber | det |
| 10 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 chamber | amod |
| 11 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 terminates | obl |
| 12 | . | . | 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 | terminate | present | the passage | beneath a certain chamber | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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 correctly identifies that chamber.
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 | 6 identifies | nsubj |
| 5 | correctly | correctly | ADV | _ | 6 identifies | advmod |
| 6 | identifies | identify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 response | acl:relcl |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 chamber | det |
| 8 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 identifies | obj |
| 9 | . | . | 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 | that chamber | correctly property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent chamber=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The butler's pantry adjoining the dining-hall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 butler | det |
| 2 | butler | butler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pantry | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 butler | case |
| 4 | pantry | pantry | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | adjoining | adjoin | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 pantry | acl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hall | det |
| 7 | dining | dining | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hall | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 dining | punct |
| 9 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 adjoining | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | adjoin | gerund | the butler's pantry not said here | the dining hall | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hall=Co-Theme |
Option 2
The great kitchen beside the main stairs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 kitchen | det |
| 2 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 kitchen | amod |
| 3 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 7 stairs | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stairs | det |
| 6 | main | main | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 stairs | amod |
| 7 | stairs | stair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 kitchen | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The cook's larder near the back door
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cook | det |
| 2 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 larder | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 cook | case |
| 4 | larder | larder | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | near | near | ADP | _ | 8 door | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 door | det |
| 7 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 door | compound |
| 8 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 larder | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The butler's pantry and the dining-hall adjoining, with the chimney above and the cellar below
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 butler | det |
| 2 | butler | butler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pantry | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 butler | case |
| 4 | pantry | pantry | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 adjoining | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 adjoining | det |
| 7 | dining | dining | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hall | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 dining | punct |
| 9 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 adjoining | compound |
| 10 | adjoining | adjoining | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pantry | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 chimney | punct |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 chimney | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 chimney | det |
| 14 | chimney | chimney | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pantry | appos |
| 15 | above | above | ADV | _ | 14 chimney | advmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 cellar | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 cellar | det |
| 18 | cellar | cellar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pantry | conj |
| 19 | below | below | ADV | _ | 18 cellar | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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