Test 3 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 2: The Wild Woo…

The writer says «Then the faces began.» — «Then the whistling began.» — «Then the pattering began.» Why repeat «Then ... began»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: writer, faces, whistling, pattering, you · What happens: say, begin, repeat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★★ 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 writer says «Then the faces began.» — «Then the whistling began.» — «Then the pattering began.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 writer	det
2	writer	writer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 began	punct
5	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 began	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 faces	det
7	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 began	nsubj
8	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 began	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 began	punct
11	—	-	PUNCT	_	16 began	punct
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 began	punct
13	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 began	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 whistling	det
15	whistling	whistling	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 began	nsubj
16	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 began	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 began	punct
19	—	-	PUNCT	_	24 began	punct
20	«	«	PUNCT	_	24 began	punct
21	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	24 began	advmod
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 pattering	det
23	pattering	pattering	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 began	nsubj
24	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	24 began	punct
26	»	»	PUNCT	_	24 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the writer		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	begin in a quote	past	the faces	then	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	begin in a quote	past	the whistling	then	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	begin in a quote	past	the pattering	then	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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 repeat «Then ... began»?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 repeat	advmod
2	repeat	repeat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 began	punct
4	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 began	advmod
5	...	...	PUNCT	_	4 Then	punct
6	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 repeat	ccomp
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 began	punct
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 repeat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	begin in a quote	past	you not said here				then		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Each new fear stacks on the last, building the tension step by step toward the terrible climax of the chapter

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 stacks	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stacks	amod
3	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stacks	compound
4	stacks	stack	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 last	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 last	det
7	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stacks	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 building	punct
9	building	build	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 last	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 step	det
11	tension	tension	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 step	compound
12	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 building	obj
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 step	case
14	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 building	obl
15	toward	toward	ADP	_	18 climax	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 climax	det
17	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 climax	amod
18	climax	climax	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 building	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 chapter	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 chapter	det
21	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 climax	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	gerund		the tension step				by step; toward the terrible climax of the chapter	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset step=Product
2	climax		the chapter						nom climax «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Each new fear piles on, like steps to a climax

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 fear	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fear	amod
3	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 piles	nsubj
4	piles	pile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADV	_	4 piles	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 steps	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 steps	case
8	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 piles	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 climax	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 climax	det
11	climax	climax	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 steps	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pile on	present	each new fear	steps				to a climax	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme step=Destination

Option 3

Each sentence is a new question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 sentence	det
2	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 question	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 question	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 question	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 question	amod
6	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	each sentence	a new question					tree rules

Option 4

The repetition lets the reader hear the Mole's breathing slow down as he sinks into the wood

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 repetition	det
2	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lets	nsubj
3	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reader	det
5	reader	reader	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lets	obj
6	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lets	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Mole	det
8	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 breathing	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Mole	case
10	breathing	breathing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hear	obj
11	slow	slow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lets	conj
12	down	down	ADP	_	11 slow	compound:prt
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 sinks	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sinks	nsubj
15	sinks	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 slow	advcl
16	into	into	ADP	_	18 wood	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 wood	det
18	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sinks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	let	present	the repetition	the reader		tree rules
2	hear	infinitive	the reader not said here	the Mole's breathing		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer breathing=Stimulus
3	slow down	present	the repetition not said here			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	sink	present	repetition		the wood	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
5	breathe		the Mole			nom breathing «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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