Test 2 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 1: The Wild Woo…

The Rat says the Wild Wood «is» all right, and then «we won't go there just now». What does this tell the Mole, if he'd listened?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat, Wild Wood, we, this · What happens: say, be, not go, tell, listen · To what, where: Mole · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 33 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 1: The Wild Wood (winter, and the Mole sets out alone)» 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: The Rat says the Wild Wood «is» all right, and then «we won't go there just now».

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 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Wood	det
5	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	6 Wood	flat
6	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 right	nsubj
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 right	punct
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 right	cop
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 is	punct
10	all	all	ADV	_	11 right	advmod
11	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 go	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 go	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 go	advmod
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	19 go	punct
16	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 go	nsubj
17	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 go	aux
18	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 go	advmod
19	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 right	conj
20	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 go	advmod
21	just	just	ADV	_	22 now	advmod
22	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 go	advmod
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 right	punct
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the Rat				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the Wild Wood			all, right property	tree rules
3	not go in a quote	future	we	there	then; now		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 does this tell the Mole, if he'd listened?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 tell	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Mole	det
6	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 listened	punct
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 listened	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 listened	nsubj
10	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 listened	aux
11	listened	listen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 tell	ccomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · do-support	this	the Mole					tree rules
2	listen a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	Rat						vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The Rat wants the Mole to go there alone so he can sleep in peace all afternoon

The tree, 17 words

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 wants	nsubj
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mole	det
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wants	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 go	mark
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 Mole	acl
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 go	advmod
9	alone	alone	ADV	_	7 go	advmod
10	so	so	SCONJ	_	13 sleep	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sleep	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 sleep	aux
13	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wants	advcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 peace	case
15	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sleep	obl
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 afternoon	det
17	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sleep	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	the Rat	the Mole				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot mole=Theme
2	go	to-infinitive	the Rat not said here	the Mole not said here	there		alone property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	sleep	can	Rat		peace	afternoon		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in peace=Location

Option 2

The Rat is simply tired of walking there

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	5 tired	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tired	cop
4	simply	simply	ADV	_	5 tired	advmod
5	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 walking	mark
7	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 tired	advcl
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 walking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Rat					simply, tired property	tree rules
2	walk	gerund	the Rat not said here			there			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Rat really thinks it's dangerous

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	4 thinks	nsubj
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 thinks	advmod
4	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 dangerous	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dangerous	cop
7	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thinks	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	the Rat						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Rat					dangerous property	tree rules

Option 4

The Rat is lying to him

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	4 lying	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lying	aux
4	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present · progressive	the Rat		him = he				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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