Test 16 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank…

★★★ Why is it funny that the Mole sat on the mustard pot?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★ ★, Mole · What happens: be, sit · To what, where: mustard pot

This is test 16 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ★	compound
2	★	★	X	_	3 ★	compound
3	★	★	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 funny	nsubj
4	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 funny	advmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 funny	cop
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 funny	nsubj
7	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 sat	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Mole	det
10	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sat	nsubj
11	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 funny	advcl
12	on	on	ADP	_	15 pot	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 pot	det
14	mustard	mustard	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pot	compound
15	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sat	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 funny	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	★ ★ ★					funny property	tree rules
2	sit	past	the Mole			the mustard pot			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on pot=Location

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

He was hunting everywhere for the Otter, who had hidden under the cloth and the basket to play a trick

The tree, 20 words

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	3 hunting	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hunting	aux
3	hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 hunting	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 Otter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Otter	det
7	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 hunting	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 hidden	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 hidden	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 hidden	aux
11	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 Otter	parataxis
12	under	under	ADP	_	14 cloth	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cloth	det
14	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hidden	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 basket	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 basket	det
17	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cloth	conj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 play	mark
19	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 hidden	advcl
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 trick	det
21	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 play	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hunt	past · progressive	He			for the Otter; everywhere property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for otter=Theme
2	hide	past · perfect · passive		the Otter	the cloth and the basket		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient under cloth=Location
3	play	to-infinitive		a trick			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He was sitting on the cloth, and the mustard pot was spilt on the Rat's coat

The tree, 17 words

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	3 sitting	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sitting	aux
3	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 cloth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cloth	det
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sitting	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 spilt	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 spilt	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pot	det
10	mustard	mustard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pot	compound
11	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 spilt	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 spilt	aux:pass
13	spilt	spilt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sitting	conj
14	on	on	ADP	_	18 coat	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Rat	det
16	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 coat	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Rat	case
18	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 spilt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past · progressive	He			the cloth			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on cloth=Location
2	spilt	past · passive		the mustard pot		the Rat's coat			tree rules

Option 3

He was searching for the cheese, which was hidden in the mud under the boat

The tree, 15 words

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	3 searching	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 searching	aux
3	searching	search	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 cheese	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cheese	det
6	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 searching	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hidden	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 hidden	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 hidden	aux:pass
10	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 cheese	acl:relcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 mud	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mud	det
13	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hidden	obl
14	under	under	ADP	_	16 boat	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 boat	det
16	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	search	past · progressive	He					for the cheese	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for cheese=Theme
2	hide	past · passive		the cheese		the mud		under the boat	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in mud=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He was hunting everywhere for packed things, and one was under him the whole time

The tree, 15 words

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	3 hunting	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hunting	aux
3	hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 hunting	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 things	case
6	packed	packed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 things	amod
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hunting	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 him	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 him	cc
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 him	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 him	cop
12	under	under	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hunting	parataxis
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 time	det
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 time	amod
16	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hunting	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	past · progressive	He				time	for packed things; everywhere property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for thing=Theme
2	is	past	one					under him = he	tree rules

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