Test 13 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 2: The River Bank…

Looking back: who else did the Mole meet before the Rat, and how did it go?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Looking, Mole · What happens: look back, do, meet, go · To what, where: Mole

This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 26 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 2: The River Bank (the picnic basket, the Wild Wood and the Wide World)» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 meet	csubj
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 did	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 did	nsubj
5	else	else	ADV	_	6 did	advmod
6	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Looking	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Mole	det
8	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 did	obj
9	meet	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	before	before	ADP	_	12 Rat	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Rat	det
12	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 meet	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 go	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 go	cc
15	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	18 go	advmod
16	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 go	aux
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 go	nsubj
18	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 meet	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 meet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund					vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	do	past		the Mole		else property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Eventuality
3	meet	present	Looking		before the Rat		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	go	past · do-support	Mole				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice

A fox who asked for a sixpence and was ignored by the Mole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 asked	nsubj
4	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 sixpence	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sixpence	det
7	sixpence	sixpence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ignored	cc
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 ignored	aux:pass
10	ignored	ignore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 asked	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 Mole	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Mole	det
13	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ignored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	a fox					for a sixpence	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	ignore	past · passive	the Mole						vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

A friendly old rabbit who gave the Mole a sixpence and then they had a long talk together about the spring and the wood

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rabbit	det
2	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rabbit	amod
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rabbit	amod
4	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 gave	nsubj
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rabbit	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Mole	det
8	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	iobj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sixpence	det
10	sixpence	sixpence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 had	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 had	advmod
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 had	nsubj
14	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gave	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 talk	det
16	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 talk	amod
17	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 had	obj
18	together	together	ADV	_	14 had	advmod
19	about	about	ADP	_	21 spring	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 spring	det
21	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 had	obl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 wood	cc
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 wood	det
24	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 spring	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	a friendly old rabbit	a sixpence	the Mole				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mole=Recipient sixpence=Theme
2	have	past	they	a long talk			then; spring	together property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Patient

Option 3

An old rabbit who wanted sixpence; the Mole ran off and hid in a ditch for the afternoon

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rabbit	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rabbit	amod
3	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ran	nsubj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 wanted	nsubj
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rabbit	acl:relcl
6	sixpence	sixpence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 ran	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Mole	det
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ran	nsubj
10	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 ran	compound:prt
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 hid	cc
13	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 ran	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 ditch	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 ditch	det
16	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hid	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 afternoon	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 afternoon	det
19	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	want	past	a old rabbit	sixpence			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sixpence=Theme
2	run off	past	a old rabbit				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hide	past	a old rabbit not said here		a ditch	afternoon	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ditch=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

An old rabbit who wanted sixpence — the Mole knocked him over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rabbit	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rabbit	amod
3	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 knocked	nsubj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 wanted	nsubj
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rabbit	acl:relcl
6	sixpence	sixpence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	10 knocked	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Mole	det
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 knocked	nsubj
10	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 knocked	obj
12	over	over	ADP	_	10 knocked	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	a old rabbit	sixpence					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sixpence=Theme
2	knock over	past	a old rabbit	Mole					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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