--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Toad… — Off with her head and the finest house… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Toad's assertion that Toad Hall is the «Finest house on the whole river»? Exam question 2 of lesson 54 «Off with her head and the finest house on the river: Alice and Toad» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the depen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Off with her head and the finest house…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Off with her head and the finest house on the river: Alice… Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Toad's assertion that Toad Hall is the «Finest house on the whole river»? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** assertion, Toad · **What happens:** follow, characteris, be, assert · **To what, where:** Finest house, whole river · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 2 of lesson 54 «Off with her head and the finest house on the river: Alice and Toad» of the language 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad:e2:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Toad's assertion that Toad Hall is the «Finest house on the whole river»? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 assertion assertion NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 Hall Hall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 « « PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 19 amod _ _ 19 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 » » PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Toad's assertion | the Finest house | | the whole river | | | tree rules | | 4 | **assert** | | Toad | | | | | | nom assertion «communication transitive»: poss=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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} A measured comparison of the houses on the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad:e2:o1:1 # text = A measured comparison of the houses on the river 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 measured measure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 comparison comparison NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **measure** | participle | | | | | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **compare** | | | the houses on the river | | | | | nom comparison «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} A sarcastic criticism of his own house ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad:e2:o2:1 # text = A sarcastic criticism of his own house 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sarcastic sarcastic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 criticism criticism NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} An instance of polite understatement ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad:e2:o3:1 # text = An instance of polite understatement 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 instance instance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 understatement understatement NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **instance** | | | polite understatement | | | | | nom instance «event transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A boast consistent with his habitual vanity ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:54-off-with-her-head-and-the-finest-house-on-the-river-alice-and-toad:e2:o4:1 # text = A boast consistent with his habitual vanity 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boast boast NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 habitual habitual NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 vanity vanity NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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