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

Why does the Rat ask about rowing «with an innocent air»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: do, ask, row

This is test 2 · ★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 does	advmod
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ask	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 ask	nsubj
5	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	about	about	SCONJ	_	7 rowing	mark
7	rowing	row	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 ask	advcl
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 air	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 air	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 air	det
11	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 air	amod
12	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rowing	obl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 air	punct
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	present	the Rat not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	ask speech: ask	present	the Rat		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	row	gerund	the Rat not said here	with a innocent air	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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

He hopes Toad will take him sailing

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 hopes	nsubj
2	hopes	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 take	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 take	aux
5	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hopes	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 take	obj
7	sailing	sail	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	hope	present	He		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	take	future	Toad	him = he	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination
3	sail	gerund			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He's teasing — he knows Toad has given it up

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	3 teasing	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 teasing	aux
3	teasing	tease	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 given	csubj:pass
4	—	-	PUNCT	_	6 knows	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 knows	nsubj
6	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 teasing	parataxis
7	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 knows	obj
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 given	aux
9	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 given	obj
11	up	up	ADP	_	9 given	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	tease	present · progressive	He		vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	know	present	he	Toad	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer toad=Stimulus
3	give up	present · perfect	teasing	it	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Source

Option 3

He is asking sincerely, because he wants to learn rowing from Toad at the river

The tree, 15 words

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	3 asking	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asking	aux
3	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	sincerely	sincerely	ADV	_	3 asking	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wants	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 wants	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wants	nsubj
8	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asking	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 learn	mark
10	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 wants	xcomp
11	rowing	row	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 learn	xcomp
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 Toad	case
13	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 rowing	obl
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 river	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 river	det
16	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rowing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present · progressive	He		sincerely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	want	present	he			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	learn not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	row	gerund	he not said here	the river	from Toad	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from toad=Trajectory

Option 4

He wants to row with Toad now

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 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 row	mark
4	row	row	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 Toad	case
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 row	obl
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 row	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	row not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here				now	with Toad	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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