Test 10 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (t…

Looking back: the Rat seems «afraid that the river would run away». In chapter I, the river was compared to which creature?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat, river · What happens: look back, seem, run away, compare · To what, where: river, chapter · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (the city under the Wild Wood, and the way home)» 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: Looking back: the Rat seems «afraid that the river would run away».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 seems	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 seems	nsubj
6	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 afraid	punct
8	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 seems	xcomp
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 run	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 river	det
11	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 run	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 run	aux
13	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 afraid	ccomp
14	away	away	ADV	_	13 run	advmod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 afraid	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 seems	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Rat not said here		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	seem	present	the Rat	afraid property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
3	run away in a quote	would	the river	away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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: In chapter I, the river was compared to which creature?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 chapter	case
2	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 compared	obl
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 chapter	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 chapter	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 compared	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 compared	aux:pass
8	compared	compare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 creature	case
10	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	11 creature	det
11	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 compared	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 compared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compare	past · passive		the river		chapter		to which creature	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

The options

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

A sleek, sinuous, full-bodied animal, chasing and chuckling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 animal	det
2	sleek	sleek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 animal	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 sleek	punct
4	sinuous	sinuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 animal	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sinuous	punct
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 animal	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 full	punct
8	bodied	bodied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 animal	amod
9	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 chasing	punct
11	chasing	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 animal	acl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 chuckling	cc
13	chuckling	chuckle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 chasing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	gerund	a sleek sinuous full bodied animal not said here						vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	chuckle	gerund	a sleek sinuous full bodied animal not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

A huge sleek creature, always moving, chasing and chuckling around the bends of the old river

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 creature	det
2	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 creature	amod
3	sleek	sleek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 creature	amod
4	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 moving	punct
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 moving	advmod
7	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 creature	acl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 chasing	punct
9	chasing	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 moving	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 chuckling	cc
11	chuckling	chuckle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 moving	conj
12	around	around	ADP	_	14 bends	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bends	det
14	bends	bend	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 chuckling	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 river	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 river	det
17	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 river	amod
18	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bends	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	move	gerund	a huge sleek creature not said here		always property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	chase	gerund	a huge sleek creature not said here			vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	chuckle	gerund	a huge sleek creature not said here	the bends of the old river		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A lively pony that gallops and kicks up spray

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pony	det
2	lively	lively	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pony	amod
3	pony	pony	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 gallops	nsubj
5	gallops	gallop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pony	acl:relcl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 kicks	cc
7	kicks	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 gallops	conj
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 kicks	compound:prt
9	spray	spray	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kicks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gallop	present	a lively pony						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	kick up	present	a lively pony not said here	spray					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent spray=Patient

Option 4

A sleek, sinuous, full-bodied animal, chasing and chuckling merrily along under the bank

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 animal	det
2	sleek	sleek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 animal	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 sleek	punct
4	sinuous	sinuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 animal	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sinuous	punct
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 animal	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 full	punct
8	bodied	bodied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 animal	amod
9	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 chasing	punct
11	chasing	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 animal	acl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 chuckling	cc
13	chuckling	chuckle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 chasing	conj
14	merrily	merrily	ADV	_	13 chuckling	advmod
15	along	along	ADP	_	18 bank	case
16	under	under	ADP	_	18 bank	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 bank	det
18	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 chasing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	gerund	a sleek sinuous full bodied animal not said here			the bank			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent along bank=Trajectory
2	chuckle	gerund	a sleek sinuous full bodied animal not said here					merrily property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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