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Test 14 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 2: The River Bank…

Looking back: the Mole says «O my! O my! O my!» at the backwater. How was he feeling about the river when he first saw it, earlier that day?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mole · What happens: look back, say, feel, see · To what, where: river · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: Looking back: the Mole says «O my!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 says	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mole	det
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 my	punct
8	O	o	INTJ	_	9 my	discourse
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 says	ccomp
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Mole not said here						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	present	the Mole						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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.

Sentence 2: O my!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	O	o	INTJ	_	2 my	discourse
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	root	root
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 my	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: O my!» at the backwater.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	O	o	INTJ	_	7 backwater	discourse
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 backwater	nmod:poss
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 my	punct
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 my	punct
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 backwater	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 backwater	det
7	backwater	backwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 backwater	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 4: How was he feeling about the river when he first saw it, earlier that day?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 feeling	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 feeling	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 feeling	nsubj
4	feeling	feel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 river	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feeling	obl
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 saw	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 saw	nsubj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 saw	advmod
11	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 feeling	parataxis
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 saw	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 day	punct
14	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	16 day	advmod
15	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 day	det
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 saw	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 feeling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past · progressive	Mole					about the river	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent about river=Location
2	see	past	Mole	river			day	first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

The options

Option 1

Nervous at first but then he grew to love it very much

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 first	case
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Nervous	obl
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 grew	cc
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 grew	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 grew	nsubj
7	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Nervous	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 love	mark
9	love	love	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 grew	xcomp
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 love	obj
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 much	advmod
12	much	much	ADV	_	9 love	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	he				then		tree rules
2	love	to-infinitive	he not said here	it					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

Frightened and very lonely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 lonely	cc
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 lonely	advmod
4	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Frightened	conj

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

Option 3

He hated the river because it was so wide and cold and deep

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 hated	nsubj
2	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 river	det
4	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hated	obj
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 wide	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wide	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 wide	cop
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 wide	advmod
9	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hated	ccomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 cold	cc
11	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wide	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 deep	cc
13	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wide	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	past	He	the river					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer river=Stimulus
2	is	past	river					wide property	tree rules
3	be		river not said here						tree rules
4	be		river not said here						tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Bewitched and fascinated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bewitched	bewitch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 fascinated	cc
3	fascinated	fascinate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Bewitched	conj

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

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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