Test 9 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 2: The Open Road…

Looking back: in chapter I the Otter and the Rat laughed about Toad. What did the Rat say happens to all Toad's crazes?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat, Toad · What happens: look back, laugh, do, say, happen, craze · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ 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 Otter and the Rat laughed about Toad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 laughed	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 laughed	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 laughed	obl
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 Otter	nsubj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Otter	det
8	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 chapter	appos
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 Rat	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Rat	det
11	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Otter	conj
12	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	about	about	ADP	_	14 Toad	case
14	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 laughed	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	laugh	past						about Toad; in chapter	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=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: What did the Rat say happens to all Toad's crazes?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
6	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 crazes	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 crazes	det
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 crazes	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Toad	case
11	crazes	craze	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 happens	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the Rat		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	happen	present		to Toad's crazes	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	craze		Toad		nom craze «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He keeps every craze for a whole year

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 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 craze	det
4	craze	craze	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 year	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 year	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 year	amod
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	He	every craze			year		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent craze=Theme

Option 2

He gets tired of each one and starts something fresh, then tells everyone it was a waste

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	2 gets	nsubj
2	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gets	xcomp
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 one	case
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 one	det
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tired	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 starts	cc
8	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 gets	conj
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 starts	obj
10	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 something	amod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 tells	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 tells	advmod
13	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 gets	parataxis
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	13 tells	obj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 waste	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 waste	cop
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 waste	det
18	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tells	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	He				tired property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	start	present	He not said here	something				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
3	tell speech: assert	present			everyone	then		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient
4	is a	past	it	a waste				tree rules

Option 3

He gets tired and starts something fresh, and the Otter always laughs at him for it

The tree, 16 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	2 gets	nsubj
2	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gets	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 starts	cc
5	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 gets	conj
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 starts	obj
7	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 something	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 laughs	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 laughs	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Otter	det
11	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 laughs	nsubj
12	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	13 laughs	advmod
13	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 gets	parataxis
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 laughs	obl
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 laughs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get	present	He		tired property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	start	present	He not said here	something		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
3	laugh	present	the Otter		at him = he; for it; always property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He gets tired and starts something fresh

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 gets	nsubj
2	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gets	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 starts	cc
5	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 gets	conj
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 starts	obj
7	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 something	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	He					tired property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	start	present	He not said here	something					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality

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