Test 1 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Woo…

Ella, absolutely gutted (very disappointed): «the Mole worked out the door, the Rat just tagged along.» Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mole, Rat, you · What happens: gut, work out, tag along, put · To what, where: Ella, door

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 36 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Wood (the door-scraper, the door-mat, and a green door)» 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: Ella, absolutely gutted (very disappointed): «the Mole worked out the door, the Rat just tagged along.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gutted	nsubj:pass
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ella	punct
3	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	_	4 gutted	advmod
4	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	(	(	PUNCT	_	7 disappointed	punct
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 disappointed	advmod
7	disappointed	disappointed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gutted	parataxis
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	7 disappointed	punct
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 worked	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 worked	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Mole	det
12	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 worked	nsubj
13	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gutted	conj
14	out	out	ADP	_	13 worked	compound:prt
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 door	det
16	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 worked	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 tagged	punct
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Rat	det
19	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 tagged	nsubj
20	just	just	ADV	_	21 tagged	advmod
21	tagged	tag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 worked	conj
22	along	along	ADV	_	21 tagged	advmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gutted	punct
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 gutted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	gut	participle · passive		Ella	absolutely property	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source
2	work out in a quote	past	the Mole	the door		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Topic
3	tag along in a quote	past	the Rat		along property	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

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	door				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

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

The Rat worked it out; the Mole thought he'd gone mad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 worked	nsubj
3	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 worked	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	3 worked	compound:prt
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 thought	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Mole	det
8	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thought	nsubj
9	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 worked	conj
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 'd	nsubj
11	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 thought	ccomp
12	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 mad	amod
13	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 'd	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work out	past	the Rat	it					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	think speech: other	past	the Mole						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The Rat worked it out, and the Mole thought he'd gone mad and sulked all the way home

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 worked	nsubj
3	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 worked	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	3 worked	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 thought	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 thought	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Mole	det
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thought	nsubj
10	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 worked	conj
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 'd	nsubj
12	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 thought	ccomp
13	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 mad	amod
14	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 'd	xcomp
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 sulked	cc
16	sulked	sulk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 worked	conj
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 way	det:predet
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 way	det
19	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sulked	obj
20	home	home	ADV	_	16 sulked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	work out	past	the Rat	it		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	think speech: other	past	the Mole			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	sulk	past	the Rat not said here	all way	home property	tree rules

Option 3

The Rat worked the whole thing out alone while the Mole grumbled about the cold and snow

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 worked	nsubj
3	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thing	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thing	amod
6	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worked	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	3 worked	compound:prt
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 worked	advmod
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 grumbled	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Mole	det
11	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 grumbled	nsubj
12	grumbled	grumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 worked	advcl
13	about	about	ADP	_	15 cold	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cold	det
15	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 grumbled	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 snow	cc
17	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 grumbled	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work out	past	the Rat	the whole thing				alone property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
2	grumble speech: other	past	the Mole					about the cold	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about cold=Topic

Option 4

The Mole solved it; the Rat thought he'd gone mad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mole	det
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 solved	nsubj
3	solved	solve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 solved	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 thought	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Rat	det
7	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 thought	nsubj
8	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 solved	conj
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 'd	nsubj
10	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 thought	ccomp
11	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 mad	amod
12	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 'd	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	solve	past	the Mole	it					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	think speech: other	past	the Rat						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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