Test 4 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road…

Why does the Rat stay with Toad though he's homesick?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: stay, be

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 31 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road (life on the road, and a motor-car)» 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	5 stay	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stay	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 stay	nsubj
5	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 Toad	case
7	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 stay	obl
8	though	though	SCONJ	_	11 homesick	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 homesick	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 homesick	cop
11	homesick	homesick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stay	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 stay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present · do-support	the Rat					with Toad	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with toad=Location
2	is	present	Rat					homesick property	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He's a loyal friend who thinks Toad needs looking after

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	5 friend	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 friend	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 friend	det
4	loyal	loyal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 friend	amod
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 needs	nsubj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 thinks	nsubj
7	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 friend	acl:relcl
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 thinks	nsubj
9	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 needs	xcomp
11	after	after	ADP	_	10 looking	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	He	a loyal friend	tree rules
2	think speech: other	present	a loyal friend		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	need	present	a loyal friend		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	look after not said to happen	gerund	a loyal friend not said here		vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He thinks the trip is good for him and his health, and he wants to see the whole of the countryside with Toad

The tree, 23 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 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 trip	det
4	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 good	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 good	cop
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thinks	ccomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 good	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 health	cc
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 health	nmod:poss
11	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 him	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wants	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 wants	cc
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wants	nsubj
15	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 thinks	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 see	mark
17	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 wants	xcomp
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 whole	det
19	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 see	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 countryside	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 countryside	det
22	countryside	countryside	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 whole	obl
23	with	with	ADP	_	24 Toad	case
24	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 countryside	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	He			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the trip		for him = he; good property	tree rules
3	want	present	he			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	the whole		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whole=Stimulus

Option 3

He promised the Mole he would stay on the trip

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 promised	nsubj
2	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promised	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stay	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 stay	aux
7	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 promised	ccomp
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 trip	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 trip	det
10	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	He	the Mole					vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent mole=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stay	would	he			the trip			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on trip=Location

Option 4

He is afraid Toad will get into serious trouble on the road without anyone else to keep him safe and sensible

The tree, 21 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	6 get	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 get	cop
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Toad	amod
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 get	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 trouble	case
8	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 trouble	amod
9	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 road	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 road	det
12	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 trouble	nmod
13	without	without	ADP	_	14 anyone	case
14	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 get	obl
15	else	else	ADV	_	14 anyone	advmod
16	to	to	PART	_	17 keep	mark
17	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 get	advcl
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 keep	obj
19	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 keep	xcomp
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 sensible	cc
21	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 safe	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			serious trouble on the road		without anyone; get property	tree rules
2	keep	to-infinitive	He not said here	Toad				safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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