Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (t…

Looking back: in chapter III, what was «the Terror of the Wild Wood» for the Mole?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: chapter · What happens: look back, be · To what, where: chapter, Terror

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
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	1 Looking	obl
6	III	III	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Terror	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 Terror	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 Terror	cop
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 Terror	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Terror	det
12	Terror	Terror	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 chapter	appos
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 Wood	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Wood	det
15	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	16 Wood	flat
16	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Terror	nmod
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 Mole	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Mole	det
20	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund				chapter		for the Mole	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Location for mole=Theme
2	is a in a quote	past	chapter	the Terror				of the Wild Wood	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

Pattering feet that followed him in the dark night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pattering	patter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 feet	amod
2	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 followed	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 followed	nsubj
4	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 followed	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 night	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 night	det
8	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 night	amod
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	patter	gerund							vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	follow	past	Pattering feet	him = he			night		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

Loud whistling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 whistling	amod
2	whistling	whistling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 3

Whistling in the dark, and the sound of many small feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whistling	whistle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 dark	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dark	det
4	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Whistling	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sound	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sound	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sound	det
8	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Whistling	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 feet	case
10	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 feet	amod
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 feet	amod
12	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sound	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whistle	gerund		the sound of many small feet				in the dark	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in dark=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Faces at holes, then whistling, then pattering feet closing in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 whistling	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 holes	case
3	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Faces	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 whistling	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 whistling	advmod
6	whistling	whistle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 feet	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 feet	advmod
9	pattering	patter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 feet	amod
10	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 whistling	parataxis
11	closing	close	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 feet	acl
12	in	in	ADV	_	11 closing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	whistle	gerund	Faces at holes	then	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	patter	gerund			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	close in	gerund	pattering feet not said here		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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