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Test 16 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 2: The Open Road…

★★★ «Somehow, it soon seemed taken for granted by all three of them that the trip was a settled thing». What does «somehow» suggest?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: trip · What happens: take, grant, be, suggest · To what, where: ★, settled thing

This is test 16 · ★★ 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: ★★★ «Somehow, it soon seemed taken for granted by all three of them that the trip was a settled thing».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 taken	nsubj:pass
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 seemed	punct
5	Somehow	somehow	ADV	_	9 seemed	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Somehow	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 seemed	nsubj
8	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 seemed	advmod
9	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 taken	aux:pass
10	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	for	for	SCONJ	_	12 granted	mark
12	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 taken	advcl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 three	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 three	det
15	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 taken	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 them	case
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 three	nmod
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 thing	mark
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 trip	det
20	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 thing	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 thing	cop
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 thing	det
23	settled	settled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 thing	amod
24	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 taken	parataxis
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	24 thing	punct
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 taken	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take in a quote	past · passive		★				by all three of them	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination
2	grant in a quote	participle							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	past	the trip	a settled thing					tree rules

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: What does «somehow» suggest?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 suggest	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 suggest	aux
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 somehow	punct
4	somehow	somehow	ADV	_	6 suggest	advmod
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 somehow	punct
6	suggest	suggest	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 suggest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suggest speech: suggest	present · do-support						somehow property	vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Toad bought the tickets for everyone early

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 bought	nsubj
2	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tickets	det
4	tickets	ticket	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bought	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 everyone	case
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 bought	obl
7	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 bought	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past	Toad	the tickets				for everyone; early property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent ticket=Theme for everyone=Beneficiary

Option 2

The Rat decided it on his own

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	3 decided	nsubj
3	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 decided	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 own	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 own	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 decided	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	past	the Rat	it		Rat's own			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3

They had a long and careful discussion about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 discussion	det
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 discussion	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 careful	cc
6	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 long	conj
7	discussion	discussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 discussion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	They	a long discussion				about discussion	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent discussion=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nobody really decided — Toad's talk just carried them along

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 decided	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	3 decided	advmod
3	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	—	-	PUNCT	_	9 carried	punct
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 talk	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Toad	case
7	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carried	nsubj
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 carried	advmod
9	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 decided	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 carried	obj
11	along	along	ADV	_	9 carried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	past	Nobody						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	carry	past	Toad's talk	them = they				along property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	talk		Toad						nom talk «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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