Test 15 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank…

★★★ Alice (lessons 1–24) also starts her adventure on a bank. How is the Mole's start different?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, start, Mole · What happens: start, adventure, be · To what, where: adventure, bank

This is test 15 · ★★ of lesson 25 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank (the Mole leaves his spring-cleaning and meets the Rat)» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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: ★★★ Alice (lessons 1–24) also starts her adventure on a bank.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 starts	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	ADP	_	4 Alice	case
4	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 ★	nmod
5	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 lessons	punct
6	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 ★	appos
7	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 lessons	flat
8	–	–	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	9 24	case
9	24	24	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 1	nmod
10	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 lessons	punct
11	also	also	ADV	_	12 starts	advmod
12	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 adventure	nmod:poss
14	adventure	adventure	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 starts	obj
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 bank	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 bank	det
17	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 adventure	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 starts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	★ ★ Alice	★'s adventure		a bank			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adventure=Eventuality
2	adventure		★			a bank			nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent on=place

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: How is the Mole's start different?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 How	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 start	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Mole	case
6	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 How	nsubj
7	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 start	amod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 How	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Mole's start					how property	tree rules
2	start		the Mole						nom start «event transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1

Alice falls down a well; the Mole climbs down a ladder into a cave

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 falls	nsubj
2	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	5 well	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 well	det
5	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 falls	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 climbs	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Mole	det
8	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 climbs	nsubj
9	climbs	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 falls	conj
10	down	down	ADP	_	12 ladder	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 ladder	det
12	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 climbs	obl
13	into	into	ADP	_	15 cave	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 cave	det
15	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 climbs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall down	present	Alice	a well					vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient well=Result
2	climb	present	the Mole			a cave		down a ladder	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme down ladder=Initial_Location into cave=Destination

Option 2

The Mole goes down a rabbit hole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mole	det
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	nsubj
3	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 goes	compound:prt
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hole	det
6	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hole	compound
7	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go down	present	the Mole	a rabbit hole					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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

Alice goes down a hole after a Rabbit; the Mole comes up out of one

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	5 hole	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hole	det
5	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	obl
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 Rabbit	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 Rabbit	det
8	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hole	nmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 comes	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Mole	det
11	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 comes	nsubj
12	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 goes	conj
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 comes	compound:prt
14	out	out	ADP	_	16 one	case
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 one	case
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 comes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go down	present	Alice	a hole after a Rabbit					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient hole=Extent
2	come up	present	the Mole					out one	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme out one=Initial_Location

Option 4

Alice swims away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 swims	nsubj
2	swims	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 swims	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim away	present	Alice					away property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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