Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 2: The Wild Woo…

Why does the Mole run «aimlessly»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mole · What happens: run

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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 run	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 run	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 run	nsubj
5	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 aimlessly	punct
7	aimlessly	aimlessly	ADV	_	5 run	advmod
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 aimlessly	punct
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 run	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present · do-support	the Mole					aimlessly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP 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 · ← Mova's choice

Because the path has become completely blocked by fallen trees and the whistling is following him

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 become	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 path	det
3	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 become	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 become	aux
5	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	completely	completely	ADV	_	7 blocked	advmod
7	blocked	block	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 become	advcl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 trees	case
9	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 trees	amod
10	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 blocked	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 following	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 whistling	det
13	whistling	whistling	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 following	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 following	aux
15	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 become	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 following	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	become	present · perfect	the path			vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
2	block	participle	the path not said here		by fallen trees; completely property	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by tree=Location
3	fall	participle				vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	follow	present · progressive	the whistling	path		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

He's trying to find the Rat quickly

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 trying	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 trying	aux
3	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 find	mark
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trying	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Rat	det
7	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	5 find	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	present · progressive	He						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	find not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the Rat				quickly property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Topic

Option 3

Because he is frightened and wants to escape, but he cannot see any safe direction to go

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 frightened	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 frightened	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 frightened	aux:pass
4	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wants	cc
6	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 frightened	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 escape	mark
8	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wants	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 see	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 see	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 see	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 see	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 see	advmod
14	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 frightened	conj
15	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	17 direction	det
16	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 direction	amod
17	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 see	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 go	mark
19	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 direction	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	frighten	present · passive		he	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	want	present			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	escape not said to happen	to-infinitive			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	not see	can	he	any safe direction	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer direction=Stimulus
5	go	to-infinitive	he not said here	any safe direction not said here	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Panic: he has no idea which way is safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Panic	panic	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 safe	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 has	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Panic	acl:relcl
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 idea	det
6	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
7	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 idea	nmod:unmarked
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 safe	cop
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	he	no idea which way					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient
2	is	present	Panic					safe property	tree rules

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