Test 13 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road…
«a pre-occupied expression» — Toad is about to appear. Looking at the empty boat-house, what does the Rat expect?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Toad, Rat · What happens: be, appear, look, expect
This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 29 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road (the Ducks' Ditty, and a visit to Toad Hall)» 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: «a pre-occupied expression» — Toad is about to appear.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 expression | punct |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 expression | det |
| 3 | pre-occupied | pre-occupied | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 expression | amod |
| 4 | expression | expression | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 expression | punct |
| 6 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 about | punct |
| 7 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 about | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 about | cop |
| 9 | about | about | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 expression | parataxis |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 appear | mark |
| 11 | appear | appear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 about | xcomp |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 expression | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Toad | about property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | appear | to-infinitive | Toad not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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: Looking at the empty boat-house, what does the Rat expect?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 expect | advcl |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 house | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 house | det |
| 4 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 house | amod |
| 5 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 house | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 boat | punct |
| 7 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Looking | punct |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 13 expect | obj |
| 10 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 expect | aux |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Rat | det |
| 12 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 expect | nsubj |
| 13 | expect | expect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 13 expect | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | gerund | the Rat not said here | at the empty boat house | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at house=Theme | ||||
| 2 | expect | present · do-support | the Rat | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A new craze
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 craze | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 craze | amod |
| 3 | craze | craze | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Some tea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 tea | det |
| 2 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Trouble
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A boat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boat | det |
| 2 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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