Test 9 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 3: The Wild Woo…
Looking back: what was the Mole's state at the end of part 2?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: look back, be · To what, where: state, end · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 state | csubj |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Looking | punct |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 state | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 state | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Mole | det |
| 7 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 state | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Mole | case |
| 9 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 end | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 end | det |
| 12 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 state | nmod |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 part | case |
| 14 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 end | nmod |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 part | flat |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 state | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||||
| 2 | be speech: other | past | the Mole's state | at the end of part | 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Hiding in a beech tree, trembling, having met the Terror of the wood face to face
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 met | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 tree | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 tree | det |
| 4 | beech | beech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tree | compound |
| 5 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hiding | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 trembling | punct |
| 7 | trembling | tremble | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Hiding | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 having | punct |
| 9 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 met | aux |
| 10 | met | meet | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Terror | det |
| 12 | Terror | terror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 met | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 face | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 face | det |
| 15 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 face | compound |
| 16 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 Terror | nmod |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 face | case |
| 18 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 face | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | gerund | a beech tree | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location | |||||
| 2 | tremble | gerund | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | meet | gerund · perfect | the Terror of the wood face to face | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent terror=Co-Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Hiding in a beech tree, trembling, knowing the Terror
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 tree | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 tree | det |
| 4 | beech | beech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tree | compound |
| 5 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hiding | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 trembling | punct |
| 7 | trembling | tremble | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Hiding | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 knowing | punct |
| 9 | knowing | know | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Hiding | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Terror | det |
| 11 | Terror | terror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 knowing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | gerund | a beech tree | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location | |||||
| 2 | tremble | gerund | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | know | gerund | the Terror | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer terror=Stimulus |
Option 3
Walking home alone through the snowy wood
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walking | walk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Walking | advmod |
| 3 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 1 Walking | advmod |
| 4 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 wood | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 wood | det |
| 6 | snowy | snowy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 wood | amod |
| 7 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Walking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | gerund | the snowy wood | alone, home property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through wood=Trajectory |
Option 4
Hiding in a beech tree, trembling, with the Rat searching for him all night long
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 tree | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 tree | det |
| 4 | beech | beech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tree | compound |
| 5 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hiding | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 trembling | punct |
| 7 | trembling | tremble | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Hiding | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 searching | punct |
| 9 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 12 searching | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Rat | det |
| 11 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 searching | nsubj |
| 12 | searching | search | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 trembling | conj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 him | case |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 searching | obl |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 night | det |
| 16 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 searching | obl:unmarked |
| 17 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 searching | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | gerund | a beech tree | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location | |||||
| 2 | tremble | gerund | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | search | gerund | the Rat | night | for him = he; long property | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for he=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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