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Test 13 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (t…

Looking back: in chapter III, the Rat called the Mole a «thick-headed beast» over the door-mat. How does the Mole look now?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat, Mole · What happens: look back, call, look · To what, where: Mole, door mat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★★★ 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

Sentence 1: Looking back: in chapter III, the Rat called the Mole a «thick-headed beast» over the door-mat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 called	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	_	1 Looking	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Rat	det
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 called	nsubj
10	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Mole	det
12	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 called	obj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 beast	det
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 beast	punct
15	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 headed	amod
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 thick	punct
17	headed	headed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 beast	amod
18	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 called	xcomp
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 beast	punct
20	over	over	ADP	_	24 mat	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 mat	det
22	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 mat	compound
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 door	punct
24	mat	mat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 called	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Rat not said here					in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	call	past	the Rat	the Mole		the door mat			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mole=Recipient

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 does the Mole look now?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 look	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 look	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 look	nsubj
5	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 look	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present · do-support	the Mole				now		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

The options

Option 1

Still a silly mole, but a brave one now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Still	still	ADV	_	4 mole	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mole	det
3	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mole	amod
4	mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 mole	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 one	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 one	det
8	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 one	amod
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mole	conj
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 one	advmod

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

Option 2

Still thick-headed, but his tail is wagging

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Still	still	ADV	_	4 headed	advmod
2	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 headed	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 thick	punct
4	headed	headed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wagging	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 wagging	cc
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tail	nmod:poss
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wagging	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 wagging	aux
10	wagging	wag	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 headed	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wag	present · progressive	his tail						vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Still foolish, and still very lost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Still	still	ADV	_	2 foolish	advmod
2	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lost	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 lost	cc
5	still	still	ADV	_	7 lost	advmod
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 lost	advmod
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 foolish	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	participle					still		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Clever in his own way — his nose finds his home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clever	Clever	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 way	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 way	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 way	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	—	-	PUNCT	_	9 finds	punct
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 nose	nmod:poss
8	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 finds	nsubj
9	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	acl:relcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 home	nmod:poss
11	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 finds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present	Clever's nose	Clever's home					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Topic

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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