Test 8 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 2: The Wild Woo…

Looking back: in chapter I, what did the Rat say «you can't really trust» — and does this part prove it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat, you, Looking · What happens: look back, say, not trust, prove · To what, where: chapter, part · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	25 prove	csubj
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 chapter	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 say	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 say	obj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 say	aux
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Rat	det
11	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 say	nsubj
12	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 chapter	parataxis
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 trust	punct
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 trust	nsubj
15	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 trust	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 trust	advmod
17	really	really	ADV	_	18 trust	advmod
18	trust	trust	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 say	ccomp
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 trust	punct
20	—	-	PUNCT	_	22 does	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 does	cc
22	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 prove	aux
23	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	24 part	det
24	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 does	obj
25	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
26	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 prove	obj
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	25 prove	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund			in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the Rat	chapter		tree rules
3	not trust in a quote	can	you			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	prove	present · do-support	Looking	part		vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 · ✓ the right answer

Weasels, stoats and foxes — and yes, he was right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 stoats	punct
3	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Weasels	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 foxes	cc
5	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Weasels	conj
6	—	-	PUNCT	_	12 right	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 right	cc
8	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	12 right	discourse
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 yes	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 right	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 right	cop
12	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Weasels	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					right property	tree rules

Option 2

Weasels, stoats, foxes and badgers — and yes, he was right about all of them, every single one

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 stoats	punct
3	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Weasels	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 foxes	punct
5	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Weasels	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 badgers	cc
7	badgers	badger	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Weasels	conj
8	—	-	PUNCT	_	14 right	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 right	cc
10	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	14 right	discourse
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 yes	punct
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 right	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 right	cop
14	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Weasels	parataxis
15	about	about	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 right	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 them	case
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 all	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 one	punct
20	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	22 one	det
21	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 one	amod
22	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Weasels	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					about all; right property	tree rules

Option 3

Weasels and stoats — and no, he was wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 stoats	cc
3	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Weasels	conj
4	—	-	PUNCT	_	10 wrong	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wrong	cc
6	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	10 wrong	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 no	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wrong	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 wrong	cop
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Weasels	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					wrong property	tree rules

Option 4

Badgers, owls and cats — and yes he was right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Badgers	badger	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 owls	punct
3	owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Badgers	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 cats	cc
5	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Badgers	conj
6	—	-	PUNCT	_	11 right	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 right	cc
8	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	11 right	discourse
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 right	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 right	cop
11	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Badgers	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					right property	tree rules

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