Test 15 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 3: The Wild Woo…

★★★ «There seemed to be no end to this wood, and no beginning, and no difference in it». What is the trap — what is the wood really like?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, trap · What happens: seem, be · To what, where: beginning, end, trap, wood

This is test 15 · ★★ 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: ★★★ «There seemed to be no end to this wood, and no beginning, and no difference in it».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 seemed	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 seemed	punct
5	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 seemed	expl
6	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	10 end	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 end	cop
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 end	det
10	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seemed	xcomp
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 wood	case
12	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 wood	det
13	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 end	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 beginning	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 beginning	cc
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 beginning	det
17	beginning	beginning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seemed	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 difference	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 difference	cc
20	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	21 difference	det
21	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seemed	parataxis
22	in	in	ADP	_	23 it	case
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 difference	nmod
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	21 difference	punct
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 seemed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem in a quote	past	★	no beginning		there			vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	is a in a quote	to-infinitive	★ not said here	no end				to this wood	tree rules

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 is the trap — what is the wood really like?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 trap	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 trap	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 trap	det
4	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	9 wood	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 wood	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 wood	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wood	det
9	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 trap	parataxis
10	really	really	ADV	_	9 wood	advmod
11	like	like	INTJ	_	9 wood	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 trap	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the trap					tree rules
2	is a	present	the trap	the wood					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It is endless, but the Rat is calm about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 endless	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 endless	cop
3	endless	endless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 calm	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 calm	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Rat	det
7	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 calm	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 calm	cop
9	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 endless	conj
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 calm	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					endless property	tree rules
2	is	present	the Rat					about it; calm property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It has an end; it only feels endless because they are lost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 end	det
4	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 feels	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 feels	nsubj
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 feels	advmod
8	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 has	conj
9	endless	endless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 feels	xcomp
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 lost	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 lost	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 lost	aux:pass
13	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 feels	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	a end		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Patient
2	feel	present	it		endless property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	lose	present · passive		they		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 3

It is a trap of endless paths, which the snow has made even stranger and more confusing for the lost animals

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 trap	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 trap	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 trap	det
4	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 paths	case
6	endless	endless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 paths	amod
7	paths	path	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 trap	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 made	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 made	nsubj:pass
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 snow	det
11	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 made	nsubj:pass
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 made	aux
13	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 trap	parataxis
14	even	even	ADV	_	15 stranger	advmod
15	stranger	strange	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 made	advmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 confusing	cc
17	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	18 confusing	advmod
18	confusing	confusing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 made	conj
19	for	for	ADP	_	22 animals	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 animals	det
21	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 animals	amod
22	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 confusing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a trap	of endless paths	tree rules
2	make	present · perfect · passive		a trap	strange property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
3	lose	participle				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is a small, safe park

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 park	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 park	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 park	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 park	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 small	punct
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 park	amod
7	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a small safe park					tree rules

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