Test 8 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (t…

Looking back: in chapter II, what did the Rat say at night in the caravan about his river?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: chapter, Rat · What happens: look back, do, say · To what, where: caravan · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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	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	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	5 chapter	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Rat	det
11	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 say	nsubj
12	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 did	parataxis
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 night	case
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 say	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 caravan	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 caravan	det
17	caravan	caravan	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 say	obl
18	about	about	ADP	_	20 river	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 river	nmod:poss
20	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 caravan	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund				in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	do	past	chapter				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	present	the Rat	the caravan about Rat's river	night		vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in caravan=Manner

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

«I try not to say much, but my river is always on my mind, I'm afraid.»

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 try	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 try	nsubj
3	try	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 say	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 say	mark
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 try	xcomp
7	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 say	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 afraid	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	20 afraid	cc
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 river	nmod:poss
11	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 afraid	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 mind	cop
13	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	16 mind	advmod
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 mind	case
15	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 mind	nmod:poss
16	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 river	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 afraid	punct
18	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 afraid	nsubj
19	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 afraid	cop
20	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 try	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 try	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 try	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	try in a quote	present	I				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	not say speech: assert not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	I not said here	much			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent much=Topic
3	is in a quote	present	my river and my mind not said here		my mind	always property	tree rules
4	is in a quote	present	my river and my mind			afraid property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

«I don't talk about my river … But I think about it—all the time!»

Sentence 1: «I don't talk about my river …

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 talk	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 talk	nsubj
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 talk	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 talk	advmod
5	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 river	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 river	nmod:poss
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 talk	obl
9	…	.	PUNCT	_	5 talk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not talk in a quote	present · do-support	I					about my river	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about river=Topic

Sentence 2: But I think about it—all the time!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	3 think	cc
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 think	nsubj
3	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 think	obl
6	—	-	PUNCT	_	9 time	punct
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 time	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 think	obl
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 time	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 time	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	I				time	about river	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

Option 3

«I miss my river.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 miss	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 miss	nsubj
3	miss	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 river	nmod:poss
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 miss	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 miss	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 miss	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss in a quote	present	I	my river					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer river=Stimulus

Option 4

«I think about it.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 think	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 think	nsubj
3	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 think	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 think	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other in a quote	present	I					about it	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

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