Test 7 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (t…

Looking back: in chapter II, a bird in a bird-cage was in trouble. What happened to it?

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

This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: Looking back: in chapter II, a bird in a bird-cage was in trouble.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 trouble	csubj
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	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bird	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bird	det
9	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chapter	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	14 cage	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cage	det
12	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cage	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 bird	punct
14	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 trouble	cop
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 trouble	case
17	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 trouble	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund						in a bird cage; in chapter and a bird	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	is	past	Looking			trouble			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 happened to it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 happened	nsubj
2	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 happened	obl
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past			trouble				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It was trapped in the wrecked caravan, sobbing and calling to be let out, with a broken wing and no food at all in the dark

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 trapped	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 trapped	aux:pass
3	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 caravan	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 caravan	det
6	wrecked	wreck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 caravan	amod
7	caravan	caravan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 trapped	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sobbing	punct
9	sobbing	sob	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 trapped	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 calling	cc
11	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 sobbing	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	14 let	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 let	aux:pass
14	let	let	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 calling	xcomp
15	out	out	ADP	_	14 let	compound:prt
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 wing	punct
17	with	with	ADP	_	20 wing	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 wing	det
19	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 wing	amod
20	wing	wing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sobbing	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 food	cc
22	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	23 food	det
23	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 wing	conj
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 all	case
25	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 wing	nmod
26	in	in	ADP	_	28 dark	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 dark	det
28	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sobbing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	trap	past · passive	It	the wrecked caravan		vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in caravan=Destination
2	wreck	participle				vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	sob	gerund			with a broken wing at all and no food; in the dark	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in dark=Theme
4	call	gerund				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	let out	to-infinitive · passive				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»
6	break	participle				vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It had escaped and was flying round the wrecked wagon sadly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 escaped	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 escaped	aux
3	escaped	escape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 flying	cc
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 flying	aux
6	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 escaped	conj
7	round	round	ADP	_	10 wagon	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wagon	det
9	wrecked	wreck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 wagon	amod
10	wagon	wagon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flying	obl
11	sadly	sadly	ADV	_	6 flying	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	escape	past · perfect · passive	It			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial_Location
2	fly	past · progressive		the wrecked wagon	sadly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round wagon=Trajectory
3	wreck	participle				vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It was hurt and sat quietly in the broken hedge all night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hurt	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hurt	aux:pass
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sat	cc
5	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hurt	conj
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	5 sat	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 hedge	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hedge	det
9	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 hedge	amod
10	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sat	obl
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 night	det
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sat	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	past · passive	It				vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	sit	past		the broken hedge	night	quietly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hedge=Location
3	break	participle					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It was in the smashed caravan, sobbing and calling to be let out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 caravan	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 caravan	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 caravan	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 caravan	det
5	smashed	smashed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 caravan	amod
6	caravan	caravan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sobbing	punct
8	sobbing	sob	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 caravan	acl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 calling	cc
10	calling	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 sobbing	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	13 let	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 let	aux:pass
13	let	let	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 calling	xcomp
14	out	out	ADP	_	13 let	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	is	past	It	the smashed caravan	tree rules
2	sob	gerund	the smashed caravan not said here		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	call	gerund	the smashed caravan not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	let out	to-infinitive · passive	the smashed caravan not said here		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»

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