Test 4 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 3: The Wild Woo…

Harry, knackered (worn out) after footy: «the Mole was dead beat too, so they set off home at once.» Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Harry, Mole, they, you · What happens: knacker, wear out, be, set off, put · To what, where: dead beat, Mole

This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Harry, knackered (worn out) after footy: «the Mole was dead beat too, so they set off home at once.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Harry	Harry	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 knackered	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Harry	punct
3	knackered	knacker	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 worn	punct
5	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 knackered	conj
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 worn	compound:prt
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 worn	punct
8	after	after	ADP	_	9 footy	case
9	footy	footy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 worn	obl
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 beat	punct
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 beat	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Mole	det
13	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 beat	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 beat	cop
15	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 beat	amod
16	beat	beat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knackered	conj
17	too	too	ADV	_	16 beat	advmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 set	punct
19	so	so	ADV	_	21 set	advmod
20	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 set	nsubj
21	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 knackered	conj
22	off	off	ADP	_	21 set	compound:prt
23	home	home	ADV	_	21 set	advmod
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 once	case
25	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	21 set	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 knackered	punct
27	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 knackered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	knacker	past	Harry				tree rules
2	wear out	participle	Harry not said here		after footy		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	past	the Mole	dead beat			tree rules
4	set off in a quote	past	they			home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «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: Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	Mole				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1

They ran straight home through the wood, though the Mole was exhausted and sleepy

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	straight	straight	ADV	_	4 home	advmod
4	home	home	ADV	_	2 ran	advmod
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 wood	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wood	det
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ran	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 exhausted	punct
9	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 exhausted	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Mole	det
11	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 exhausted	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 exhausted	aux:pass
13	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ran	parataxis
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sleepy	cc
15	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 exhausted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	They			the wood		home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through wood=Trajectory
2	exhaust	past · passive		the Mole					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They rested first and the Mole slept

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rested	nsubj
2	rested	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 rested	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 slept	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Mole	det
6	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slept	nsubj
7	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rested	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	past	They					first property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sleep	past	the Mole						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They rested for a while, but the Mole kept walking anyway until dawn broke

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rested	nsubj
2	rested	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 while	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 while	det
5	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rested	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 kept	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 kept	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Mole	det
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kept	nsubj
10	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rested	conj
11	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 broke	csubj
12	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	11 walking	advmod
13	until	until	ADP	_	14 dawn	case
14	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 walking	obl
15	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 kept	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	rest	past	They	while		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	keep	past	the Mole			tree rules
3	walk	gerund		dawn	anyway property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	break	past	walking			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

They walked on at once, without stopping

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 walked	nsubj
2	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADV	_	2 walked	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 walked	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stopping	punct
7	without	without	SCONJ	_	8 stopping	mark
8	stopping	stop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 walked	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk on	past	They						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Trajectory
2	stop	gerund	They not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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