Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return o…

Identify the manner in which Toad comported himself in response to the congratulations of his guests.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Toad, guests · What happens: identify, comport, congratulate · To what, where: manner, Toad

This is exam question 1 of lesson 73 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return of Ulysses (Toad's last little song, an altered Toad, and the end of the book)» 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 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 comported	obl
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 comported	nsubj
7	comported	comport	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
8	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 comported	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 response	case
10	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 comported	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 congratulations	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 congratulations	det
13	congratulations	congratulation	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 response	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 guests	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 guests	nmod:poss
16	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 congratulations	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the manner			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	comport	past	Toad	Toad	the manner	in response to the congratulations of Toad's guests	tree rules
3	congratulate		Toad's guests				nom congratulation «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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

He cheered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cheered	nsubj
2	cheered	cheer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheer	past	He						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

He shouted «Hurrah!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 Hurrah	punct
4	Hurrah	Hurrah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 Hurrah	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 Hurrah	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	He	Hurrah					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hurrah=Topic

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He murmured «Not at all!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 murmured	nsubj
2	murmured	murmur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 all	punct
4	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 all	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 murmured	obl
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 all	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 all	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	murmur speech: other	past	He			all			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location

Option 4

He bowed to Badger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bowed	nsubj
2	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 Badger	case
4	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 bowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	past	He		Badger				vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to badger=Pivot

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