Test 13 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank…

Looking back: what did the Mole do at the backwater before lunch, gasping «O my! O my!» at each packet?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: look back, do, gasp · To what, where: Mole, backwater, my

This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 27 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank (the Otter, a glimpse of Badger, and Toad in his new boat)» 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: what did the Mole do at the backwater before lunch, gasping «O my!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 did	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 did	nsubj
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Mole	det
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	obj
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 did	conj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 backwater	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 backwater	det
11	backwater	backwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 do	obl
12	before	before	ADP	_	13 lunch	case
13	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 do	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 gasping	punct
15	gasping	gasp	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 did	advcl
16	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 my	punct
17	O	o	INTJ	_	18 my	discourse
18	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 gasping	obj
19	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	look back	gerund				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	do	past	the Mole			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Eventuality
3	do	present		the backwater	before lunch	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	gasp	gerund	my			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent my=Topic

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!» at each packet?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

The options

Option 1

Unpacked the basket and laid out every single item on the grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unpacked	unpack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 item	amod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 basket	det
3	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Unpacked	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 laid	cc
5	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Unpacked	conj
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 laid	compound:prt
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 item	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 item	amod
9	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 grass	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 grass	det
12	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 item	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unpack	participle		the basket					tree rules
2	lay out	participle							vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Unpacked the basket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unpacked	unpack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 basket	det
3	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Unpacked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unpack	participle		the basket					tree rules

Option 3

Hunted through the whole basket for the knife and forks, grumbling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hunted	hunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	through	through	ADP	_	5 basket	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 basket	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 basket	amod
5	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hunted	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 knife	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 knife	det
8	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 basket	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 forks	cc
10	forks	fork	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 knife	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 grumbling	punct
12	grumbling	grumbling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 knife	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	participle				the whole basket for the knife and forks and grumbling			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent through basket=Location

Option 4

Found the mustard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mustard	det
3	mustard	mustard	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Found	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past		the mustard					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mustard=Topic

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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