Test 10 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (t…

Looking back: in chapter III, what did the Rat do when the Mole went missing?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mole, chapter · What happens: look back, do, go · To what, where: Rat

This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (the Mole's sobs, the Rat turns back, and Mole End)» 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	16 went	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	1 Looking	obl
6	III	III	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	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Rat	det
11	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 did	obj
12	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 went	aux
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 went	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Mole	det
15	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 went	nsubj
16	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 went	xcomp
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Mole not said here		in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	do	past	chapter	the Rat		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Eventuality
3	go	present · do-support	the Mole		missing property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Took his pistols and cudgel, called Badger, and searched the whole Wild Wood through the night

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 pistols	nmod:poss
3	pistols	pistol	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Took	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 cudgel	cc
5	cudgel	cudgel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pistols	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 called	punct
7	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Took	conj
8	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 called	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 searched	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 searched	cc
11	searched	search	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Took	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Wood	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Wood	amod
14	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	15 Wood	flat
15	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 searched	obj
16	through	through	ADP	_	18 night	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 night	det
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 searched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	roles by
1	take	past	his pistols and cudgel		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pistol=Theme
2	call	participle			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	search	past	the whole Wild Wood	night	vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent wood=Location

Option 2

He sent a letter to Toad and waited by the fire

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 letter	det
4	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 Toad	case
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 waited	cc
8	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sent	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 fire	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fire	det
11	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 waited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	He	a letter	Toad				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to toad=Destination
2	wait	past	He not said here					by the fire	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fire=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Took his pistols and cudgel and searched the Wild Wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 pistols	nmod:poss
3	pistols	pistol	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Took	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 cudgel	cc
5	cudgel	cudgel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pistols	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 searched	cc
7	searched	search	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Took	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Wood	det
9	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	10 Wood	flat
10	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 searched	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past		his pistols and cudgel					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pistol=Theme
2	search	past		the Wild Wood					vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent wood=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He took his pistols and cudgel and searched the Wild Wood until dawn, calling out for the Mole and Toad

The tree, 20 words

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 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 pistols	nmod:poss
4	pistols	pistol	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 took	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 cudgel	cc
6	cudgel	cudgel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pistols	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 searched	cc
8	searched	search	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Wood	det
10	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	11 Wood	flat
11	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 searched	obj
12	until	until	ADP	_	13 dawn	case
13	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 searched	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 calling	punct
15	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 searched	advcl
16	out	out	ADP	_	15 calling	compound:prt
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 Mole	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Mole	det
19	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 calling	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 Toad	cc
21	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Mole	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	He	his pistols and cudgel			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pistol=Theme
2	search	past	He not said here	the Wild Wood	dawn		vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent wood=Location
3	call out speech: assert	gerund	He not said here			for the Mole and Toad	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for mole=Recipient

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