Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return o…
It is given that recompense was made to several persons. Select the response which correctly identifies the gift dispatched to the gaoler's daughter.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, gift · What happens: give, make, select, identify, dispatch · To what, where: It, recompense, response, daughter
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that recompense was made to several persons.
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 | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 recompense | det |
| 5 | recompense | recompense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 made | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 made | aux:pass |
| 7 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | ccomp |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 persons | case |
| 9 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 persons | amod |
| 10 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 made | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | make | past · passive | that recompense | to several persons | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
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: Select the response which correctly identifies the gift dispatched to the gaoler's daughter.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Select | select | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 response | det |
| 3 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 identifies | nsubj |
| 5 | correctly | correctly | ADV | _ | 6 identifies | advmod |
| 6 | identifies | identify | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 response | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 gift | det |
| 8 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dispatched | nsubj |
| 9 | dispatched | dispatch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 identifies | ccomp |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 daughter | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 gaoler | det |
| 12 | gaoler | gaoler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 gaoler | case |
| 14 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dispatched | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | ||||
| 2 | identify | present | the response | correctly property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | dispatch | past | the gift | the gaoler's daughter | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to daughter=Destination |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A gold chain and locket set with pearls, sent with a letter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 chain | det |
| 2 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chain | compound |
| 3 | chain | chain | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 set | cc |
| 5 | locket | locket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 set | compound |
| 6 | set | set | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chain | conj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 pearls | case |
| 8 | pearls | pearl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 set | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 sent | punct |
| 10 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 chain | acl |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 letter | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 letter | det |
| 13 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | participle | a gold chain and locket set with pearls not said here | with a letter | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
A silver locket and a letter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 locket | det |
| 2 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 locket | amod |
| 3 | locket | locket | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 letter | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 letter | det |
| 6 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 locket | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A gold chain and locket set with pearls
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 chain | det |
| 2 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chain | compound |
| 3 | chain | chain | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 set | cc |
| 5 | locket | locket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 set | compound |
| 6 | set | set | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chain | conj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 pearls | case |
| 8 | pearls | pearl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 set | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A gold watch with a chain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 watch | det |
| 2 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 watch | compound |
| 3 | watch | watch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 chain | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 chain | det |
| 6 | chain | chain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 watch | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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