Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return o…

Identify the occupation assigned to Toad by the Badger upon the morning following the recapture of Toad Hall.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, assign, follow, recapture · To what, where: occupation, recapture, Toad Hall

This is exam question 1 of lesson 72 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return of Ulysses (the invitations, «SPEECH BY TOAD» and «not one little song»)» 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 occupation	det
3	occupation	occupation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	assigned	assign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 occupation	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 Toad	case
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 assigned	obl:agent
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 Badger	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Badger	det
9	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 assigned	obl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 morning	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 morning	det
12	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
13	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Identify	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 recapture	det
15	recapture	recapture	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 following	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 Hall	case
17	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Hall	compound
18	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 recapture	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the occupation	morning		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent occupation=Theme
2	assign	participle		the occupation not said here		by the Badger	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	follow	gerund	you not said here	the recapture of Toad Hall			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recapture=Theme
4	recapture			Toad Hall			nom recapture «act 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

Writing and posting all the invitations to the Banquet and the party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 posting	cc
3	posting	post	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Writing	conj
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 invitations	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 invitations	det
6	invitations	invitation	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 posting	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 Banquet	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Banquet	det
9	Banquet	banquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 posting	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 party	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 party	det
12	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Writing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	gerund		all invitations		the Banquet			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme to banquet=Destination

Option 2

Sending letters to the weasels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sending	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 weasels	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 weasels	det
5	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	gerund		letters	the weasels				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to weasel=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The writing of invitations to the Banquet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 writing	det
2	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 invitations	case
4	invitations	invitation	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 writing	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 Banquet	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Banquet	det
7	Banquet	banquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 writing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write			invitations				to the Banquet	nom writing «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Option 4

Arranging all the guests for the big Banquet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Arranging	arrange	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 guests	det:predet
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 guests	det
4	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Arranging	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 Banquet	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Banquet	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Banquet	amod
8	Banquet	banquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Arranging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrange	gerund		all guests				for the big Banquet	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent guest=Product for banquet=Beneficiary

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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