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

Why is it so scary that the faces vanish when the Mole turns?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, faces, Mole · What happens: be, vanish, turn

This is test 2 · ★★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 scary	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 scary	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 scary	nsubj
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 scary	advmod
5	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 vanish	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 faces	det
8	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 vanish	nsubj
9	vanish	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 scary	advcl
10	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 turns	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Mole	det
12	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 turns	nsubj
13	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 vanish	advcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 scary	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	it	scary property	tree rules
2	vanish	present	the faces		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	turn	present	the Mole		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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 can't tell where they went

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 tell	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 tell	advmod
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 went	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 went	nsubj
7	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	can	He						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	past	they						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Because they only appear when he is looking and then they go away completely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 appear	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 appear	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 appear	advmod
4	appear	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 looking	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 looking	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 looking	aux
8	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 appear	advcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 go	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 go	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 go	nsubj
12	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 appear	conj
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 go	advmod
14	completely	completely	ADV	_	12 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	appear	present	they			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	look	present · progressive	he			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	go away	present	they	then	away, completely property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Because the faces are made of shadows that cannot be touched or seen by anyone else

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 made	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 faces	det
3	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 shadows	case
7	shadows	shadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 touched	nsubj:pass
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 touched	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 touched	advmod
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 touched	aux:pass
12	touched	touch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 shadows	acl:relcl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 seen	cc
14	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 touched	conj
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 anyone	case
16	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 made	obl
17	else	else	ADV	_	16 anyone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive	anyone	the faces	of shadows	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product
2	not touch	can · passive		shadows		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme
3	see	participle				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He can never be sure they're real

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	5 sure	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 sure	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 sure	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 sure	cop
5	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 real	nsubj
7	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 real	cop
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sure	ccomp

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

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