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Test 15 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (t…

★★★ «He had lost what he could hardly be said to have found.» How can you lose something you have hardly found?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: lose, say, find · To what, where: ★, something · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 15 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ «He had lost what he could hardly be said to have found.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 lost	nsubj:pass
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 lost	punct
5	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lost	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lost	aux
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 said	obj
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 said	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 said	aux
11	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	13 said	advmod
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 said	aux:pass
13	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 lost	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	16 found	mark
15	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 found	aux
16	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 said	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 lost	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose in a quote	past · perfect · passive		★					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert in a quote	could · passive		★				hardly property	tree rules
3	find in a quote	to-infinitive · perfect							vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

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: How can you lose something you have hardly found?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 lose	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 lose	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 lose	nsubj
4	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 lose	obj
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 found	nsubj
7	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 found	aux
8	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	9 found	advmod
9	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 something	acl:relcl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 lose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	can	you	something					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
2	find	present · perfect	you					hardly property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

The options

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

He found it only by smell, for a moment, then left it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 found	obj
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 smell	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 smell	case
6	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 moment	punct
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 moment	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 moment	det
10	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 left	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 left	advmod
13	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 found	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 left	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	He	it			moment	by smell	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	leave	past	He not said here	smell			then		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

He noticed the smell, then could not describe it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 noticed	nsubj
2	noticed	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 smell	det
4	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 noticed	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 describe	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 describe	advmod
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 describe	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 describe	advmod
9	describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 noticed	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 describe	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	past	He	the smell					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer smell=Stimulus
2	not describe	could		smell			then		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

He caught the scent once, then lost the trail again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 caught	nsubj
2	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 scent	det
4	scent	scent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caught	obj
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 caught	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lost	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 lost	advmod
8	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 caught	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 trail	det
10	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lost	obj
11	again	again	ADV	_	8 lost	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	He	the scent				once property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scent=Theme
2	lose	past	He not said here	the trail			then; again		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=Eventuality

Option 4

He never found it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 found	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 found	advmod
3	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 found	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not find	past	He	it					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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