Test 10 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (t…

So in chapter II the Mole was kind to the homesick Rat. What happens now in chapter V?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: chapter · What happens: be, happen · To what, where: chapter V

This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (the village windows and the call of 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: So in chapter II the Mole was kind to the homesick Rat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	8 kind	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 chapter	case
3	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kind	nsubj
4	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	3 chapter	flat
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Mole	det
6	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kind	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 kind	cop
8	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 Rat	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Rat	det
11	homesick	homesick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Rat	amod
12	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 kind	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	chapter					to the homesick Rat; kind property	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.

Sentence 2: What happens now in chapter V?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 happens	nsubj
2	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 happens	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 V	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 V	compound
6	V	v	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 happens	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present				chapter V	now		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in v=Location

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Both animals are homesick now, and they decide together to walk all the way back to the river tonight

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 homesick	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 homesick	cop
4	homesick	homesick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 homesick	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 decide	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 decide	cc
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 decide	nsubj
9	decide	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 homesick	parataxis
10	together	together	ADV	_	9 decide	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 walk	mark
12	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 decide	xcomp
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 way	det:predet
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 way	det
15	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 walk	obl:unmarked
16	back	back	ADV	_	12 walk	advmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 river	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 river	det
19	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 back	obl
20	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 walk	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	both animals		now	homesick property	tree rules
2	decide	present	animals = animal			together property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	walk not said to happen	to-infinitive	animals = animal not said here	all way	tonight		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The Rat is homesick now and the Mole does not notice at first

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	4 homesick	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 homesick	cop
4	homesick	homesick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 homesick	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 notice	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Mole	det
8	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 notice	nsubj
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 notice	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 notice	advmod
11	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 homesick	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 first	case
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 notice	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Rat				now	homesick property	tree rules
2	not notice	present · do-support	the Mole						vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Mole is homesick, and the Rat at first doesn't notice

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	4 homesick	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 homesick	cop
4	homesick	homesick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Rat	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Rat	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rat	det
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 homesick	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 first	case
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 notice	obl
11	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 notice	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 notice	advmod
13	notice	notice	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 Rat	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Mole					the Rat obl; homesick property	tree rules
2	not notice	present · do-support							vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

The Mole is cheerful, and the Rat keeps talking about the river

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	4 cheerful	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cheerful	cop
4	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 keeps	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 keeps	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rat	det
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 keeps	nsubj
9	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cheerful	conj
10	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 keeps	xcomp
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 river	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 river	det
13	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 talking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Mole	cheerful property	tree rules
2	keep	present	the Rat		tree rules
3	talk	gerund	the Rat not said here	about the river	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about river=Topic

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