Test 17 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 2: The Wild Woo…

★★★ The goloshes were «new, just bought for the winter». Why does the writer give us that detail?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, writer · What happens: be, buy, give · To what, where: detail, us

This is test 17 · ★★★ 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 goloshes were «new, just bought for the winter».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 new	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	SCONJ	_	8 new	mark
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 goloshes	det
5	goloshes	golosh	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 new	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 new	cop
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 new	punct
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bought	punct
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 bought	advmod
11	bought	buy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 new	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 winter	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 winter	det
14	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bought	obl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 winter	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 new	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	★					new property	tree rules
2	buy in a quote	participle	★ not said here				winter		vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: 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.

Sentence 2: Why does the writer give us that detail?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 give	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 give	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 writer	det
4	writer	writer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	nsubj
5	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 give	iobj
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 detail	det
8	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · do-support	the writer	that detail	us				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient detail=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It explains why he was so cheerful and eager, and how the whole winter was spent with friends

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 explains	nsubj
2	explains	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 cheerful	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cheerful	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 cheerful	cop
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 cheerful	advmod
7	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 explains	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 eager	cc
9	eager	eager	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cheerful	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 spent	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 spent	cc
12	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	17 spent	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 winter	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 winter	amod
15	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 spent	nsubj:pass
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 spent	aux:pass
17	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 explains	conj
18	with	with	ADP	_	19 friends	case
19	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 spent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	present	It			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	he		cheerful property	tree rules
3	be		he not said here			tree rules
4	spend	past · passive		the whole winter	with friends	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 2

It shows that the Mole had only just put them on, and that he hadn't yet learned how to walk in them

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 put	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mole	det
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 put	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 put	aux
7	only	only	ADV	_	9 put	advmod
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 put	advmod
9	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 shows	ccomp
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 put	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	9 put	compound:prt
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 walk	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 walk	cc
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 learned	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 learned	nsubj
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 learned	aux
17	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 learned	advmod
18	yet	yet	ADV	_	19 learned	advmod
19	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	22 walk	advcl
20	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	22 walk	advmod
21	to	to	PART	_	22 walk	mark
22	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 shows	parataxis
23	in	in	ADP	_	24 them	case
24	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	put on	past	the Mole	them = they			vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal
3	not learn	past · perfect	Mole		yet		vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	walk	to-infinitive				in them = they	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in they=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It explains the sharp, easy tracks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 explains	nsubj
2	explains	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tracks	det
4	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tracks	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sharp	punct
6	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tracks	amod
7	tracks	track	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 explains	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	present	It	the sharp easy tracks					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent track=Topic

Option 4

It shows he bought them recently

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bought	nsubj
4	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shows	ccomp
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bought	obj
6	recently	recently	ADV	_	4 bought	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	buy	past	he	them = they				recently property	vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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