Test 10 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 3: The Wild Woo…

Looking back: in part 1 the Rat said of the Wild Wood «we won't go there just now». What does he now add?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat, we · What happens: look back, say, not go, add · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 35 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 3: The Wild Wood (the Rat finds the Mole, and the snow comes)» 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: Looking back: in part 1 the Rat said of the Wild Wood «we won't go there just now».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 said	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 part	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 part	case
5	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 part	flat
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rat	det
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 Wood	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Wood	det
12	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	13 Wood	flat
13	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	obl
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 go	punct
15	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 go	nsubj
16	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 go	aux
17	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 go	advmod
18	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 said	ccomp
19	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 go	advmod
20	just	just	ADV	_	21 now	advmod
21	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 go	advmod
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 go	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Rat not said here			in part	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in part=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	the Rat			of the Wild Wood	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not go in a quote	future	we	there	now		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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.

Sentence 2: What does he now add?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 add	obl
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 add	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 add	nsubj
4	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 add	advmod
5	add	add	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 add	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	present · do-support	Rat				now		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

River-bankers come in couples, at least

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	River	River	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 bankers	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 River	punct
3	bankers	banker	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 come	nsubj
4	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 couples	case
6	couples	couple	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 come	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 least	case
9	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	River bankers			couples		at least	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in couple=Location

Option 2

Otters and badgers are safe there, but the river-bankers must always carry pistols

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Otters	otter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 safe	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 badgers	cc
3	badgers	badger	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Otters	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 safe	cop
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 safe	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 carry	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 carry	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bankers	det
10	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bankers	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 river	punct
12	bankers	banker	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 carry	nsubj
13	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 carry	aux
14	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	15 carry	advmod
15	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 safe	conj
16	pistols	pistol	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 carry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Otters and badgers			there		safe property	tree rules
2	carry	must	the river bankers	pistols				always property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pistol=Theme

Option 3

The wood is dangerous, and only Badger and Otter may safely walk its paths

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wood	det
2	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dangerous	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dangerous	cop
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 walk	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 walk	cc
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 Badger	advmod
8	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 walk	nsubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Otter	cc
10	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Badger	conj
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 walk	aux
12	safely	safely	ADV	_	13 walk	advmod
13	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 dangerous	parataxis
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 paths	nmod:poss
15	paths	path	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 walk	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the wood					dangerous property	tree rules
2	walk	may	Badger and Otter	wood's paths				safely property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme path=Trajectory

Option 4

The wood is full of dangerous rats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wood	det
2	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 full	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 full	cop
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 rats	case
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rats	amod
7	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the wood					of dangerous rats; full property	tree rules

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