Test 10 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank…

Looking back: what did the Rat say at the very start about messing about in boats — «In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter»? How does that come true now?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat, start, it, that · What happens: look back, do, say, mess, not matter, come · To what, where: start · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 28 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank (the Mole grabs the oars, the boat goes over, and a friendship begins)» 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 Rat say at the very start about messing about in boats — «In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter»?

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 Rat	det
7	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 say	nsubj
8	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 did	parataxis
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 start	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 start	det
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 start	advmod
12	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	obl
13	about	about	SCONJ	_	14 messing	mark
14	messing	mess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 start	acl
15	about	about	ADP	_	17 boats	case
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 boats	case
17	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 messing	obl
18	—	-	PUNCT	_	29 matter	punct
19	«	«	PUNCT	_	29 matter	punct
20	In	in	SCONJ	_	29 matter	mark
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	29 matter	cc
22	out	out	ADP	_	24 'em	case
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 'em	case
24	'em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 matter	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 'em	punct
26	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 matter	nsubj
27	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 matter	aux
28	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	29 matter	advmod
29	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 did	parataxis
30	»	»	PUNCT	_	29 matter	punct
31	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	do	past				tree rules
3	say speech: assert	present	the Rat	the start		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	mess	gerund	the start not said here		about boats	tree rules
5	not matter in a quote	present · do-support	it		out 'em = they	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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: How does that come true now?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 come	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 come	aux
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 come	nsubj
4	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 come	xcomp
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 come	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present · do-support	that				now	true property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They stay in the boat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stay	nsubj
2	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 boat	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boat	det
5	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	They			the boat			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in boat=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They end up out of the boat, and the Rat doesn't mind a bit

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 end	nsubj
2	end	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 end	compound:prt
4	out	out	ADP	_	7 boat	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 boat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boat	det
7	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 end	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 mind	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 mind	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Rat	det
11	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 mind	nsubj
12	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 mind	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 mind	advmod
14	mind	mind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 end	parataxis
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 bit	det
16	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 mind	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end up	present	They			the boat			vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	not mind	present · do-support	the Rat	a bit					vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

They end up soaked, and the Rat sulks all afternoon long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 end	nsubj
2	end	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 end	compound:prt
4	soaked	soak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 end	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sulks	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sulks	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rat	det
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 sulks	nsubj
9	sulks	sulk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 end	parataxis
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 afternoon	det
11	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sulks	obj
12	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 sulks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	end up	present	They			tree rules
2	soak	participle	They not said here			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	sulk	present	the Rat	afternoon	long property	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

They fall in the river, and the Rat is cross about the wet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fall	nsubj
2	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 river	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fall	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cross	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 cross	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Rat	det
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 cross	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 cross	cop
11	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 fall	conj
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 wet	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wet	det
14	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cross	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	They			the river			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in river=Location
2	is	present	the Rat					about the wet; cross property	tree rules

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