Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (t…

Looking back: what did the Rat take into the Wild Wood to find the Mole?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: look back, take, find · To what, where: Wild Wood, Mole

This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 37 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (the door in the snow and the fire-lit kitchen)» 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	8 take	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 take	obj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 take	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Rat	det
7	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 take	nsubj
8	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	into	into	ADP	_	12 Wood	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Wood	det
11	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	12 Wood	flat
12	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 take	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 find	mark
14	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 take	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Mole	det
16	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 find	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Rat not said here			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	take	past · do-support	the Rat		the Wild Wood	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent what=Theme into wood=Destination
3	find	to-infinitive	the Rat not said here	the Mole		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Topic

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 · ✓ the right answer

Two pistols and a stout cudgel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pistols	nummod
2	pistols	pistol	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 cudgel	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cudgel	det
5	stout	stout	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cudgel	amod
6	cudgel	cudgel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pistols	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Two pistols, a stout cudgel, a lantern, a rope, and a basket of cold food for the journey

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pistols	nummod
2	pistols	pistol	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cudgel	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cudgel	det
5	stout	stout	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cudgel	amod
6	cudgel	cudgel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pistols	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 lantern	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lantern	det
9	lantern	lantern	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cudgel	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 rope	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 rope	det
12	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pistols	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 basket	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 basket	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 basket	det
16	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pistols	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 food	case
18	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 food	amod
19	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 basket	nmod
20	for	for	ADP	_	22 journey	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 journey	det
22	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 basket	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A map and some bread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 map	det
2	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 bread	cc
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 bread	det
5	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 map	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Some bread and a warm blanket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 bread	det
2	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 blanket	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 blanket	det
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 blanket	amod
6	blanket	blanket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bread	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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