Test 8 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 1: The Wild Woo…

Looking back: what happened to the Mole the last time he did something without the Rat's say-so, in chapter I?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: he, Rat · What happens: look back, happen, do, say · To what, where: something · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	24 chapter	csubj
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 happened	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 happened	nsubj
5	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Looking	conj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 Mole	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Mole	det
8	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 happened	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 time	det
10	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 time	amod
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl:unmarked
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 did	nsubj
13	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 time	acl:relcl
14	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 did	obj
15	without	without	ADP	_	19 say	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Rat	det
17	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 say	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 Rat	case
19	say	say	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 did	obl
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	21 so	punct
21	so	so	ADV	_	19 say	advmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 chapter	punct
23	in	in	ADP	_	24 chapter	case
24	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
25	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	24 chapter	nsubj
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	24 chapter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund			time		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	happen	past				to the Mole	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	do	past	he	something		without the Rat's say	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
4	say		the Rat				nom say «state intransitive»: poss=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

He grabbed the oars without asking and tipped the boat over into the cold river water

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 grabbed	nsubj
2	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 oars	det
4	oars	oar	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grabbed	obj
5	without	without	SCONJ	_	6 asking	mark
6	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 grabbed	advcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tipped	cc
8	tipped	tip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grabbed	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boat	det
10	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tipped	obj
11	over	over	ADV	_	8 tipped	advmod
12	into	into	ADP	_	16 water	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 water	det
14	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 water	amod
15	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 water	compound
16	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tipped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	grab	past	He	the oars		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oar=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	He not said here			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tip over	past	He not said here	the boat	into the cold river water result; over property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer boat=Theme into water=Result

Option 2

He grabbed the oars and tipped the boat, and the Rat had to swim back to shore in fright

The tree, 19 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 grabbed	nsubj
2	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 oars	det
4	oars	oar	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grabbed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tipped	cc
6	tipped	tip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grabbed	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boat	det
8	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tipped	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 had	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 had	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Rat	det
12	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 had	nsubj
13	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grabbed	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 swim	mark
15	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 had	xcomp
16	back	back	ADV	_	15 swim	advmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 shore	case
18	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 swim	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 fright	case
20	fright	fright	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 swim	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	grab	past	He	the oars			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oar=Theme
2	tip	past	He not said here	the boat			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme
3	have	past	the Rat				tree rules
4	swim back	to-infinitive	the Rat not said here		fright	to shore	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shore=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He grabbed the oars and tipped the boat

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 grabbed	nsubj
2	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 oars	det
4	oars	oar	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grabbed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tipped	cc
6	tipped	tip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grabbed	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boat	det
8	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tipped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	past	He	the oars					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oar=Theme
2	tip	past	He not said here	the boat					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme

Option 4

He rowed off alone and got lost badly

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 rowed	nsubj
2	rowed	row	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 rowed	compound:prt
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 rowed	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 got	cc
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rowed	conj
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 got	xcomp
8	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	row off	past	He	alone property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	get	past	He not said here	badly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	lose	participle	He not said here		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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