Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 2: The Wild Woo…

Looking back: the Rat «hated disappointing people» in chapter II. What does he do for his friend here?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: look back, hate, disappoint, do · To what, where: people, chapter

This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 34 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 2: The Wild Wood (the faces, the whistling, the pattering — and the Rat sets out)» 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: the Rat «hated disappointing people» in chapter II.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 hated	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 hated	nsubj
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 hated	punct
7	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	disappointing	disappoint	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 hated	xcomp
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 disappointing	obj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 people	punct
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 chapter	case
12	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 disappointing	obl
13	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	12 chapter	flat
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 hated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Rat not said here			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	hate in a quote	past	the Rat			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	disappoint not said to happen, in a quote	gerund	the Rat not said here	people	chapter	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.

Sentence 2: What does he do for his friend here?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 friend	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friend	nmod:poss
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obl
8	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 do	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present · do-support	Rat			here		for Rat's friend	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Sits by the fire writing a long poem, hoping the Mole will return by morning and be safe

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	4 fire	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fire	det
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sits	obl
5	writing	write	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 fire	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 poem	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 poem	amod
8	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 writing	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hoping	punct
10	hoping	hope	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 return	csubj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Mole	det
12	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hoping	obj
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 return	aux
14	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Sits	parataxis
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 morning	case
16	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 return	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 safe	cc
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 safe	cop
19	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 return	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present				by the fire	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location
2	write	gerund	the fire not said here	a long poem			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Theme
3	hope	gerund		the Mole			tree rules
4	return	future	hoping		morning		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	is	infinitive	hoping not said here			safe property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Goes into the dangerous wood at once to find him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Goes	go	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 once	nsubj
2	into	into	ADP	_	5 wood	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wood	det
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wood	amod
5	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Goes	nmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 find	mark
9	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 once	advcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	to-infinitive		him = he					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic

Option 3

Goes to find the Badger for help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Goes	go	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 find	nsubj
2	to	to	PART	_	3 find	mark
3	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Badger	det
5	Badger	badger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 find	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 help	case
7	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	to-infinitive	Goes	the Badger				for help	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent badger=Theme for help=Beneficiary

Option 4

Goes straight to the edge of the Wild Wood, though he has never been there before, to search for him

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Goes	go	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 there	nsubj
2	straight	straight	ADV	_	5 edge	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 edge	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 edge	det
5	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Goes	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 Wood	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Wood	det
8	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	9 Wood	flat
9	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 edge	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 there	punct
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	16 there	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 there	nsubj
13	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 there	aux
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	16 there	advmod
15	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 there	cop
16	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
17	before	before	ADV	_	16 there	advmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 search	punct
19	to	to	PART	_	20 search	mark
20	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 there	conj
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 him	case
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 search	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present · perfect	Goes to the edge of the Wild Wood					before, there property	tree rules
2	search	to-infinitive	Goes to the edge of the Wild Wood not said here					for him = he	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for he=Theme

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