Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer…

Ascertain the nature of the intelligence imparted by the Mole to the sentries.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, impart · To what, where: nature, intelligence

This is exam question 2 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nature	det
3	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 intelligence	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 intelligence	det
6	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nature	nmod
7	imparted	impart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 intelligence	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 Mole	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Mole	det
10	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 imparted	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 sentries	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sentries	det
13	sentries	sentry	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 imparted	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the nature of the intelligence					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Topic
2	impart	participle		the intelligence not said here				by the Mole; to the sentries	tree rules

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 completely invented description of an approaching army of rats, badgers and toads that would strike at dawn

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 description	det
2	completely	completely	ADV	_	3 invented	advmod
3	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 description	amod
4	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 army	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 army	det
7	approaching	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 army	amod
8	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 description	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 rats	case
10	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 army	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 badgers	punct
12	badgers	badger	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 rats	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 toads	cc
14	toads	toad	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 rats	conj
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 strike	nsubj
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 strike	aux
17	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 description	acl:relcl
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 dawn	case
19	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 strike	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	invent	participle				completely property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	approach	gerund					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	strike	would	a invented description of a approaching army of rats and badgers and toads		dawn		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	describe			a approaching army of rats and badgers and toads			nom description «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A polite greeting and an offer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 greeting	det
2	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 greeting	amod
3	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 offer	cc
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 offer	det
6	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 greeting	conj

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

Option 3

A fictitious account of a huge and imminent badger attack from several sides at once

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 account	det
2	fictitious	fictitious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 account	amod
3	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	10 attack	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 attack	det
6	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 attack	amod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 imminent	cc
8	imminent	imminent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 huge	conj
9	badger	badger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 attack	compound
10	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 account	nmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 sides	case
12	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sides	amod
13	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 attack	nmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 once	case
15	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	13 sides	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	account			a huge badger attack from several sides					nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A fictitious account of an imminent attack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 account	det
2	fictitious	fictitious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 account	amod
3	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 attack	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 attack	det
6	imminent	imminent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 attack	amod
7	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 account	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	account			a imminent attack					nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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