Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer…

Identify the article of attire assumed by the Mole in his expedition to Toad Hall.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, assume, article · To what, where: article, attire

This is exam question 1 of lesson 69 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (Mole the washerwoman and the badgers that never were)» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 article	det
3	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 attire	case
5	attire	attire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 article	nmod
6	assumed	assume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 article	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 Mole	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Mole	det
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 assumed	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 expedition	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 expedition	nmod:poss
12	expedition	expedition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Mole	nmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 Hall	case
14	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Hall	compound
15	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 expedition	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the article of attire		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent article=Theme
2	assume	participle		the article of attire not said here	by the Mole in his expedition to Toad Hall	vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	article			attire		nom article «communication transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

A full disguise of washerwoman's dress, bonnet, shawl, apron, gloves and a pair of boots

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 disguise	det
2	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 disguise	amod
3	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 dress	case
5	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dress	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 washerwoman	case
7	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disguise	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bonnet	punct
9	bonnet	bonnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dress	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 shawl	punct
11	shawl	shawl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dress	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 apron	punct
13	apron	apron	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disguise	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 gloves	punct
15	gloves	glove	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 disguise	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 pair	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 pair	det
18	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disguise	conj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 boots	case
20	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 pair	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The washerwoman's dress and a basket of laundry for the stoats to inspect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 washerwoman	det
2	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dress	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 washerwoman	case
4	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 basket	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 basket	det
7	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dress	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 laundry	case
9	laundry	laundry	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 basket	nmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 stoats	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 stoats	det
12	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 basket	nmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 inspect	mark
14	inspect	inspect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 dress	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inspect	to-infinitive							vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The washerwoman's dress, bonnet and shawl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 washerwoman	det
2	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dress	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 washerwoman	case
4	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bonnet	punct
6	bonnet	bonnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dress	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 shawl	cc
8	shawl	shawl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dress	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A grey cloak, a hat and a leather belt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cloak	det
2	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cloak	amod
3	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hat	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hat	det
6	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cloak	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 belt	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 belt	det
9	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 belt	compound
10	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cloak	conj

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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