Test 14 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank…

Looking back: the Mole hasn't been in a boat before today. Who else falls about in a boat in this chapter so far?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mole · What happens: look back, not be, fall about · To what, where: boat

This is test 14 · ★★ 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: the Mole hasn't been in a boat before today.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 boat	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mole	det
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 boat	nsubj
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 boat	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 boat	advmod
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 boat	cop
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 boat	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 boat	det
11	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
12	before	before	ADP	_	13 today	case
13	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund					today		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	not is	present · perfect	the Mole			a boat			tree rules

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: Who else falls about in a boat in this chapter so far?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 falls	nsubj
2	else	else	ADV	_	1 Who	advmod
3	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADV	_	3 falls	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 boat	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boat	det
7	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 falls	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 chapter	case
9	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 chapter	det
10	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 falls	obl
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 far	advmod
12	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 falls	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 falls	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall about	present				a boat		in this chapter; about, far property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in boat=Location

The options

Option 1

Toad, whenever he rowed past the Rat and Mole in his new wager-boat

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 rowed	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Toad	punct
3	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 rowed	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 rowed	nsubj
5	rowed	row	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	past	past	ADP	_	8 Rat	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rat	det
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 rowed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Mole	cc
10	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Rat	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	16 boat	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 boat	nmod:poss
13	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 boat	amod
14	wager	wager	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 boat	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 wager	punct
16	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	row	past	Toad			Toad's new wager boat		past the Rat and Mole; whenever property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent past rat=Trajectory

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

The Rat, when he crashed into the bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 crashed	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 crashed	punct
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 crashed	advmod
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 crashed	nsubj
6	crashed	crash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 bank	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bank	det
9	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crashed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crash	past	the Rat					into the bank result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into bank=Result

Option 3

The Badger, once at the bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Badger	det
2	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 once	punct
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 Badger	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 bank	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bank	det
7	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 once	obl

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

Option 4

The Mole, when he tipped over

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	6 tipped	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Mole	punct
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 tipped	advmod
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 tipped	nsubj
6	tipped	tip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	over	over	ADV	_	6 tipped	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tip over	past	the Mole					over property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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