Test 16 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 2: The Wild Woo…

★★★ The Mole thinks: «yes!—no!—yes!» when he sees the second face. What is the writer showing?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, Mole, writer · What happens: think, see, show · To what, where: second face

This is test 16 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ The Mole thinks: «yes!—no!—yes!» when he sees the second face.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 thinks	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	SCONJ	_	6 thinks	mark
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mole	det
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thinks	nsubj
6	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 thinks	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 yes	punct
9	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 thinks	discourse
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 yes	punct
11	—	-	PUNCT	_	12 no	punct
12	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 thinks	discourse
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	12 no	punct
14	—	-	PUNCT	_	15 yes	punct
15	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 thinks	discourse
16	!	!	PUNCT	_	15 yes	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 yes	punct
18	when	when	SCONJ	_	20 sees	mark
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 sees	nsubj
20	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 thinks	advcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 face	det
22	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	23 face	amod
23	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 sees	obj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	★						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	see	present	Mole	the second face					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus

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 is the writer showing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 showing	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 showing	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 writer	det
4	writer	writer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 showing	nsubj
5	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 showing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · progressive	the writer						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

The options

Option 1

He is swinging his mind back and forth between two sure choices before he finally settles on a decision

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	3 swinging	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 swinging	aux
3	swinging	swing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mind	nmod:poss
5	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swinging	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	3 swinging	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 forth	cc
8	forth	forth	ADV	_	6 back	conj
9	between	between	ADP	_	12 choices	case
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 choices	nummod
11	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 choices	amod
12	choices	choice	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 swinging	obl
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	16 settles	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 settles	nsubj
15	finally	finally	ADV	_	16 settles	advmod
16	settles	settle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 swinging	advcl
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 decision	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 decision	det
19	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 settles	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	swing	present · progressive	He	his mind	two sure choices		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent mind=Theme between choice=Location
2	settle	present	he			on a decision; finally property	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on decision=Topic
3	mind		his = he				nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He can't decide whether to laugh or cry, so he does both and then goes to sleep

The tree, 18 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	4 decide	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 decide	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 decide	advmod
4	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	7 laugh	mark
6	to	to	PART	_	7 laugh	mark
7	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 decide	xcomp
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 cry	cc
9	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 laugh	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 does	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 does	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 does	nsubj
13	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 decide	conj
14	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	13 does	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 goes	cc
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 goes	advmod
17	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 decide	conj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 sleep	mark
19	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 goes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	not decide	can	He			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	laugh not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	cry speech: express	infinitive	He not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	do	present	he	both		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent both=Eventuality
5	go	present	He not said here		then	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	sleep	to-infinitive	He not said here			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He's not sure if he saw it, then he is sure

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	4 sure	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sure	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 sure	advmod
4	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 saw	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 saw	nsubj
7	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sure	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 saw	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sure	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 sure	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sure	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 sure	cop
13	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sure	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	He			sure property	tree rules
2	see a condition, not said to happen	past	he	it			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
3	is	present	he		then	sure property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He's not sure whether it is a face

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	4 sure	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sure	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 sure	advmod
4	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	9 face	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 face	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 face	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 face	det
9	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sure	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	He					sure property	tree rules
2	is a	present	it	a face					tree rules

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood/t16/