Test 6 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 2: The Open Road…
Why is the Mole so tempted by the caravan?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mole · What happens: be, tempt · To what, where: Mole
This is test 6 · ★★ 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=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Mole | det |
| 4 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 tempted | advmod |
| 6 | tempted | tempt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 Mole | acl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 caravan | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 caravan | det |
| 9 | caravan | caravan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tempted | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the Mole | why property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | tempt | participle | the Mole not said here | by the caravan | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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
Adventure is new and thrilling to him, and the caravan seems like a way out of his routine
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adventure | adventure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 new | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 new | cop |
| 3 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 thrilling | cc |
| 5 | thrilling | thrill | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 new | conj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 thrilling | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 seems | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 seems | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 caravan | det |
| 11 | caravan | caravan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 seems | nsubj |
| 12 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 new | conj |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 15 way | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 way | det |
| 15 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 seems | obl |
| 16 | out | out | ADP | _ | 19 routine | case |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 routine | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 routine | nmod:poss |
| 19 | routine | routine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 way | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Adventure | new property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | thrill | gerund | Adventure not said here | him = he | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | seem | present | the caravan | like a way out caravan's routine | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He has never seen a caravan before and thinks it is the finest house in the world
The tree, 17 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 | 4 seen | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 seen | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 seen | advmod |
| 4 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 caravan | det |
| 6 | caravan | caravan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 seen | obj |
| 7 | before | before | ADV | _ | 4 seen | advmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 thinks | cc |
| 9 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 seen | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 house | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 house | cop |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 house | det |
| 13 | finest | fine | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 14 house | amod |
| 14 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 thinks | ccomp |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 world | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 world | det |
| 17 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 house | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | present · perfect | He | a caravan | before property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer caravan=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | think speech: other | present | He not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | caravan | the finest house | the world | tree rules |
Option 3
Toad has promised him a free cushion
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 promised | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 promised | aux |
| 3 | promised | promise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 promised | iobj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cushion | det |
| 6 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cushion | amod |
| 7 | cushion | cushion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 promised | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | promise speech: promise | present · perfect | Toad | a free cushion | him = he | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal cushion=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Adventure is new and thrilling to him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adventure | adventure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 new | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 new | cop |
| 3 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 thrilling | cc |
| 5 | thrilling | thrill | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 new | conj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 thrilling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Adventure | new property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | thrill | gerund | Adventure not said here | him = he | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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