Test 13 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 2: The Wild Woo…

What does the Rat do before deciding?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: decide

This is test 13 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 deciding	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 deciding	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 deciding	nsubj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 deciding	aux
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 deciding	mark
7	deciding	decide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 deciding	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present · do-support							vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

Looks at the fire for a while

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 fire	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fire	det
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looks	obl
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 while	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 while	det
7	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present					while	at the fire	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at fire=Theme

Option 2

Stands still for a minute or two, weighing the danger against his love for the Mole and his own safety

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stands	stand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 minute	nsubj
2	still	still	ADV	_	5 minute	advmod
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 minute	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 minute	det
5	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 two	cc
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 minute	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 weighing	punct
9	weighing	weigh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 minute	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 danger	det
11	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 weighing	obj
12	against	against	ADP	_	14 love	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 love	nmod:poss
14	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 danger	nmod
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 Mole	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Mole	det
17	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 weighing	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 safety	cc
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 safety	nmod:poss
20	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 safety	amod
21	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 Mole	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weigh	gerund	a minute not said here	the danger				against his love; for the Mole and his own safety	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme danger=Value
2	love		his = he						nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Stands «in deep thought for a minute or two»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stands	stand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 thought	nsubj
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 thought	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 thought	case
4	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thought	amod
5	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 minute	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 minute	det
8	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thought	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 two	cc
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 minute	conj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 thought	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Puts on his boots, grabs a lamp, and walks around the room looking for the goloshes

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Puts	put	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 grabs	nsubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 boots	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 boots	nmod:poss
4	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Puts	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 grabs	punct
6	grabs	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lamp	det
8	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grabs	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 walks	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 walks	cc
11	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 grabs	conj
12	around	around	ADP	_	14 room	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 room	det
14	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 walks	obl
15	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 walks	advcl
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 goloshes	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 goloshes	det
18	goloshes	golosh	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	grab	present	Puts on his boots	a lamp			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme
2	walk	present	Puts on his boots not said here		the room		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around room=Trajectory
3	look	gerund	Puts on his boots not said here			for the goloshes	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for golosh=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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