Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return o…

Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the disposal of the prisoners?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: established facts · What happens: follow, be, establish, concern · To what, where: disposal

This is exam question 4 of lesson 71 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return of Ulysses (four Heroes, five minutes and clean sheets)» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 consistent	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consistent	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 consistent	cop
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 facts	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 facts	det
10	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 facts	amod
11	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consistent	obl
12	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 facts	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 disposal	det
14	disposal	disposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 prisoners	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 prisoners	det
17	prisoners	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 disposal	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 consistent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the following statements; with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the disposal of the prisoners		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus disposal=Experiencer

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

They were made to clean the bedrooms and then given handcuffs before release

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 clean	mark
5	clean	clean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 made	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bedrooms	det
7	bedrooms	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 clean	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 handcuffs	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 given	advmod
10	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 handcuffs	amod
11	handcuffs	handcuff	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bedrooms	conj
12	before	before	ADP	_	13 release	case
13	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 clean	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	make	past · passive		They		tree rules
2	clean	to-infinitive	They not said here	the bedrooms and given handcuffs	before release	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bedroom=Patient
3	give	participle			then	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

They were given a roll and beaten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 roll	det
5	roll	roll	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 beaten	cc
7	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		They					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient roll=Theme
2	beat	participle							vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They cleaned the bedrooms, got a roll each, and were released at the door

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cleaned	nsubj
2	cleaned	clean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bedrooms	det
4	bedrooms	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cleaned	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cleaned	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 roll	det
8	roll	roll	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obj
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 got	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 released	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 released	cc
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 released	aux:pass
13	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cleaned	conj
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 door	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 door	det
16	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 released	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	clean	past	They	the bedrooms		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bedroom=Patient
2	get	past	They not said here	a roll		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer roll=Stimulus
3	release	past · passive	They not said here		the door	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They cleaned the bedrooms and were released

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cleaned	nsubj
2	cleaned	clean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bedrooms	det
4	bedrooms	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cleaned	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 released	cc
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 released	aux:pass
7	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cleaned	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	past	They	the bedrooms					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bedroom=Patient
2	release	past · passive	They not said here						vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»

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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