Test 12 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 2: The Open Road…

Looking back: in chapter I, how did the Mole first get excited about boats?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Looking · What happens: look back, get

This is test 12 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 get	csubj
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	1 Looking	obl
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 chapter	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 did	punct
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 did	advmod
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 get	aux
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Mole	det
11	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 did	obj
12	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 get	advmod
13	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	excited	excited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 get	xcomp
15	about	about	ADP	_	16 boats	case
16	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 excited	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund						in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	get	past · do-support	Looking					excited, first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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 right answer

The Rat's little blue-and-white boat came to fetch him

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	10 boat	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Rat	case
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 boat	amod
5	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 boat	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 blue	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 white	cc
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 and	punct
9	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 blue	conj
10	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 came	nsubj
11	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	to	to	PART	_	13 fetch	mark
13	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 came	xcomp
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fetch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the Rat's little blue boat						tree rules
2	fetch	to-infinitive	the Rat's little blue boat not said here	him = he					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

He rowed on the river with his friend the Otter

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 rowed	nsubj
2	rowed	row	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 river	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rowed	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 friend	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 friend	nmod:poss
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rowed	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Otter	det
10	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 rowed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	row	past	He	the Otter		the river		with his friend	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The Rat's little blue-and-white boat came to fetch him from his hole and took him out onto the water

The tree, 22 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	10 boat	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Rat	case
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 boat	amod
5	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 boat	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 blue	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 white	cc
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 and	punct
9	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 blue	conj
10	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 came	nsubj
11	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	to	to	PART	_	13 fetch	mark
13	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 came	xcomp
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fetch	obj
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 hole	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 hole	nmod:poss
17	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fetch	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 took	cc
19	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 came	conj
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 took	obj
21	out	out	ADP	_	19 took	compound:prt
22	onto	onto	ADP	_	24 water	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 water	det
24	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	come	past	the Rat's little blue boat			tree rules
2	fetch	to-infinitive	the Rat's little blue boat not said here	him = he	his hole	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme from hole=Source
3	take out	past	the Rat's little blue boat not said here	him = he	the water	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

A lovely little boat came up the bank to fetch him, and the Rat showed him how to row it

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 boat	det
2	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 boat	amod
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 boat	amod
4	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 came	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bank	det
8	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 fetch	mark
10	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 came	advcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fetch	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 showed	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 showed	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Rat	det
15	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 showed	nsubj
16	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 came	conj
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 showed	iobj
18	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	20 row	advmod
19	to	to	PART	_	20 row	mark
20	row	row	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 showed	ccomp
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 row	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	come up	past	a lovely little boat	the bank		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fetch	to-infinitive	a lovely little boat not said here	him = he		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	show	past	the Rat		him = he	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
4	row	to-infinitive		Rat		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location

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