Test 9 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road…

Looking back: in chapter I, who rowed — and now in chapter II, who takes the sculls?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: look back, row, take · To what, where: chapter, sculls

This is test 9 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 rowed	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rowed	obl
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 chapter	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rowed	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 rowed	nsubj
9	rowed	row	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	—	-	PUNCT	_	18 takes	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 takes	cc
12	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 takes	advmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 chapter	case
14	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 takes	obl
15	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	14 chapter	flat
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 takes	punct
17	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 takes	nsubj
18	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 rowed	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 sculls	det
20	sculls	scull	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 takes	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 rowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	look back	gerund				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	row	past		chapter		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	take	present	the sculls	chapter	now	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent scull=Value in chapter=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 · ← Mova's choice

The Otter then; now the Mole, who has been learning to row and swim all summer long

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Otter	det
2	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 Otter	advmod
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 Mole	punct
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 Mole	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Mole	det
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Otter	appos
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 learning	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 learning	nsubj
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 learning	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 learning	aux
12	learning	learn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 Mole	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 row	mark
14	row	row	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 learning	xcomp
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 swim	cc
16	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 row	conj
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 summer	det
18	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 swim	obj
19	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 swim	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	learn	present · perfect · progressive	the Mole			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	row	to-infinitive	the Mole not said here			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	swim	infinitive	the Mole not said here	summer	long property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The Rat then; now the Mole, who has learnt

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	root	root
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 Mole	advmod
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 then	punct
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 Mole	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Mole	det
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Rat	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 learnt	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 learnt	nsubj
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 learnt	aux
11	learnt	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 Mole	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	present · perfect	the Mole						vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The Rat then; now the Otter

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	root	root
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 Otter	advmod
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 then	punct
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 Otter	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Otter	det
7	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Rat	conj

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

Option 4

The Rat then; now the Mole, who has learnt to row with great care and skill

The tree, 16 words

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	root	root
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 Rat	advmod
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 Mole	punct
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 Mole	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Mole	det
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 then	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 learnt	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 learnt	nsubj
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 learnt	aux
11	learnt	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 Mole	acl:relcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 row	mark
13	row	row	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 learnt	xcomp
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 care	case
15	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 care	amod
16	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 row	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 skill	cc
18	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 care	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	present · perfect	the Mole						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	row	to-infinitive	the Mole not said here					with great care and skill	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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