Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (b…
Looking back: in chapter II, what did Toad do right after the motor-car smashed his caravan?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Toad, motor car · What happens: look back, do, smash · To what, where: chapter, caravan
This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 38 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (bad news of Toad, a winter promise, and two lost hedgehogs)» 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 | 5 chapter | csubj |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 chapter | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 chapter | case |
| 5 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | II | II | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 5 chapter | flat |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 do | punct |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 do | obj |
| 9 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 do | aux |
| 10 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 do | nsubj |
| 11 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 chapter | parataxis |
| 12 | right | right | ADV | _ | 18 smashed | advmod |
| 13 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 18 smashed | mark |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 car | det |
| 15 | motor | motor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 car | compound |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 motor | punct |
| 17 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 smashed | nsubj |
| 18 | smashed | smash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 do | advcl |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 caravan | nmod:poss |
| 20 | caravan | caravan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 smashed | obj |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 chapter | 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 | do | past · do-support | Toad | chapter | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | smash | past | the motor car | Toad's caravan | right property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caravan=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.
The options
Option 1
Sat by the ditch, weeping, and sobbing loudly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat | Saturday | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | by | by | ADP | _ | 4 ditch | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ditch | det |
| 4 | ditch | ditch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sat | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 weeping | punct |
| 6 | weeping | weeping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ditch | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sat | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 sobbing | cc |
| 9 | sobbing | sob | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Sat | conj |
| 10 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 9 sobbing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sob | gerund | loudly property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Sat in the road murmuring «Poop-poop!» in a happy dream and then got up to buy another car
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat | Saturday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 got | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 road | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 road | det |
| 4 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sat | nmod |
| 5 | murmuring | murmur | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 road | acl |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 poop | punct |
| 7 | Poop | poop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 poop | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 Poop | punct |
| 9 | poop | poop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 murmuring | obj |
| 10 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sat | punct |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sat | punct |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 dream | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 dream | det |
| 14 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 dream | amod |
| 15 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sat | nmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 got | cc |
| 17 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 got | advmod |
| 18 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 19 | up | up | ADP | _ | 18 got | compound:prt |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 buy | mark |
| 21 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 got | xcomp |
| 22 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 23 car | det |
| 23 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 buy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | murmur speech: other | gerund | the road not said here | Poop poop | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poop=Topic | ||||
| 2 | get up | past | Sat in the road in a happy dream | then | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | buy | to-infinitive | Sat in the road in a happy dream not said here | another car | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Sat in the road murmuring «Poop-poop!» in a happy dream
The tree, 11 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat | Saturday | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 road | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 road | det |
| 4 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sat | nmod |
| 5 | murmuring | murmur | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 road | acl |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 poop | punct |
| 7 | Poop | poop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 poop | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 Poop | punct |
| 9 | poop | poop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 murmuring | obj |
| 10 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sat | punct |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sat | punct |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 dream | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 dream | det |
| 14 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 dream | amod |
| 15 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sat | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | murmur speech: other | gerund | the road not said here | Poop poop | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poop=Topic |
Option 4
Walked home along the river bank, whistling a tune
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Walked | advmod |
| 3 | along | along | ADP | _ | 6 bank | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bank | det |
| 5 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bank | compound |
| 6 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Walked | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 whistling | punct |
| 8 | whistling | whistle | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Walked | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 tune | det |
| 10 | tune | tune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 whistling | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | past | the river bank | home property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along bank=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | whistle | gerund | a tune | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Topic |
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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