Test 13 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank…
Looking back: in part 3, the Mole packed the basket «without much loss of temper». How is the end of the day different?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mole, end · What happens: look back, pack, be · To what, where: basket
This is test 13 · ★★ 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: in part 3, the Mole packed the basket «without much loss of temper».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 packed | advcl |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 part | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 part | case |
| 5 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 part | flat |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Looking | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Mole | det |
| 9 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 packed | nsubj |
| 10 | packed | pack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 basket | det |
| 12 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 packed | obj |
| 13 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 16 loss | punct |
| 14 | without | without | ADP | _ | 16 loss | case |
| 15 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 loss | amod |
| 16 | loss | loss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 packed | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 temper | case |
| 18 | temper | temper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 loss | nmod |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 loss | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 packed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | the Mole not said here | in part | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in part=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pack | past | the Mole | the basket | without much loss of temper | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent basket=Theme |
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 is the end of the day different?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 different | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 different | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 end | det |
| 4 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 different | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 end | nmod |
| 8 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 different | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the end of the day | different property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He packs the basket and goes home
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 packs | nsubj |
| 2 | packs | pack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 basket | det |
| 4 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 packs | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 goes | cc |
| 6 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 packs | conj |
| 7 | home | home | ADV | _ | 6 goes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pack | present | He | the basket | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent basket=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go | present | He not said here | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
He loses his temper and shouts at the Rat
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 loses | nsubj |
| 2 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 temper | nmod:poss |
| 4 | temper | temper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 loses | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 shouts | cc |
| 6 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 loses | conj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 Rat | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Rat | det |
| 9 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 shouts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present | He | his temper | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temper=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | present | He not said here | the Rat | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | temper | his = he | nom temper «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
He is calm
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 calm | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 calm | cop |
| 3 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | calm property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
His pride makes him tip the boat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 pride | nmod:poss |
| 2 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 makes | obj |
| 5 | tip | tip | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 makes | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 boat | det |
| 7 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tip | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | His pride | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | tip | infinitive | him = he not said here | the boat | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme | ||||
| 3 | pride | His = he | nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
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