Test 10 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 2: The Open Road…

Looking back: in chapter I the Rat said: «I've never been there, and I'm never going». Where, and how does this fit his answer to Toad?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, this, Rat · What happens: look back, say, not be, not go, fit, answer · To what, where: chapter, answer, Toad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 30 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 2: The Open Road (Toad's canary-coloured caravan)» 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 chapter I the Rat said: «I've never been there, and I'm never going».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 said	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	obl
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rat	det
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 there	punct
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 there	punct
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 there	nsubj
13	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 there	aux
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	16 there	advmod
15	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 there	cop
16	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 said	parataxis
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 going	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 going	cc
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 going	nsubj
20	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 going	aux
21	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	22 going	advmod
22	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 said	ccomp
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	22 going	punct
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	I not said here			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past	I	chapter		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not is in a quote	present · perfect	I		there property	tree rules
4	not go in a quote	present · progressive	I			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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: Where, and how does this fit his answer to Toad?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 fit	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fit	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fit	cc
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 fit	advmod
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fit	aux
6	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 fit	nsubj
7	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 answer	nmod:poss
9	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fit	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Toad	case
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 fit	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 fit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	present · do-support	this	Rat's answer	Toad				vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent answer=Patient to toad=Goal
2	answer		Rat						nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The Wide World across the sea, and he would rather spend his whole life fishing in his boat

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 World	det
2	Wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 World	amod
3	World	World	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	across	across	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 World	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 spend	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 spend	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 spend	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 spend	aux
11	rather	rather	ADV	_	12 spend	advmod
12	spend	spend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 World	conj
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 fishing	nmod:poss
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 fishing	amod
15	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fishing	compound
16	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 spend	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 boat	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 boat	nmod:poss
19	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 spend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	would	he	his whole life fishing		his boat			vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fishing=Asset
2	fish		his = he						nom fishing «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The Wide World — he wants to stay at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 World	det
2	Wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 World	amod
3	World	World	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 wants	nsubj
4	—	-	PUNCT	_	6 wants	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wants	nsubj
6	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 stay	mark
8	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wants	xcomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 home	case
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	the Wide World						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Wide World not said here			home			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location

Option 3

The Badger's wood, he loves the trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Badger	det
2	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 wood	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Badger	case
4	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 loves	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wood	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 loves	nsubj
7	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 trees	det
9	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 loves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	the Badger's wood	the trees					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tree=Stimulus

Option 4

The Mole's house, he likes it best

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mole	det
2	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 house	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Mole	case
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 likes	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 house	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 likes	nsubj
7	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 likes	obj
9	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 likes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	the Mole's house	Mole					tree rules

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