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

It is given that Toad was conducted to the smoking-room. State the prohibition there communicated to him.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, conduct, state, communicate · To what, where: It, Toad, smoking room, prohibition

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is given that Toad was conducted to the smoking-room.

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 conducted	mark
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 conducted	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 conducted	aux:pass
7	conducted	conduct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	12 room	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 room	det
10	smoking	smoking	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 room	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 smoking	punct
12	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conducted	obl
13	.	.	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	conduct	past · passive		Toad		the smoking room			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to room=Destination

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: State the prohibition there communicated to him.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prohibition	det
3	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 prohibition	advmod
5	communicated	communicate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 prohibition	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 communicated	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the prohibition					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prohibition=Topic
2	communicate	participle		the prohibition not said here	Toad				vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No speeches at the Banquet tonight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 speeches	det
2	speeches	speech	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 Banquet	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Banquet	det
5	Banquet	banquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 speeches	nmod
6	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 speeches	obl:unmarked

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

Option 2

That there were to be no speeches, no songs, and no motor-car rides at all

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 were	nsubj
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 were	expl
3	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 rides	parataxis
4	to	to	PART	_	7 speeches	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 speeches	cop
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 speeches	det
7	speeches	speech	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 were	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 songs	punct
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 songs	det
10	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 speeches	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 rides	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 rides	cc
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 car	det
14	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 car	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 motor	punct
16	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 rides	nsubj
17	rides	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 all	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 rides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	That			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	to-infinitive		no speeches and no songs					tree rules
3	ride	present	no motor car			all			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That there were to be no speeches and no songs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 were	nsubj
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 were	expl
3	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	7 speeches	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 speeches	cop
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 speeches	det
7	speeches	speech	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 were	nsubj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 songs	cc
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 songs	det
10	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 speeches	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	That			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	to-infinitive		no speeches and no songs					tree rules

Option 4

That he was not allowed to write letters at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 allowed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 allowed	aux:pass
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 allowed	advmod
5	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 write	mark
7	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 allowed	xcomp
8	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 write	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 write	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	past · passive		That					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	write not said to happen	to-infinitive	That not said here	letters		all			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme

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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