Test 11 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (t…

Looking back: in chapter II, what did the Mole say about sticking with the Rat?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: chapter · What happens: look back, do, say, stick · To what, where: Mole · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 say	advcl
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	9 did	nsubj
6	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 did	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 did	nsubj
9	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Looking	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Mole	det
11	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 did	obj
12	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	about	about	SCONJ	_	14 sticking	mark
14	sticking	stick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 say	advcl
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 Rat	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Rat	det
17	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 sticking	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	do	past	chapter	the Mole		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Eventuality
3	say speech: assert	present				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	stick	gerund			with the Rat	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with rat=Instrument

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

«I'll go home with you, Rat»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 go	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 go	nsubj
3	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 go	aux
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 go	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 you	case
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 go	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Rat	punct
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 go	vocative
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	future	I					with you; Rat vocative; home property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with you=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

«I'll always stick to you, Rat»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 stick	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 stick	nsubj
3	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 stick	aux
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 stick	advmod
5	stick	stick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 you	case
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 stick	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Rat	punct
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 stick	vocative
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 stick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick in a quote	future	I		you			Rat vocative; always property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to you=Co-Patient

Option 3

«I'll follow you to the river»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 follow	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 follow	nsubj
3	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 follow	aux
4	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 follow	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 river	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 river	det
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 follow	obl
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 follow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow in a quote	future	I	you		the river			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent you=Theme to river=Trajectory

Option 4

«Stick, Rat»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Stick	punct
2	Stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Rat	punct
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Stick	appos
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Stick	punct

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

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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