Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (t…

Why does the Rat say «carelessly» that they'd better get on, when he is really going back?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: say, get on, go back · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 say	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 get	advcl
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 carelessly	punct
7	carelessly	carelessly	ADV	_	5 say	advmod
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 carelessly	punct
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 'd	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 'd	nsubj
11	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 get	aux
12	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 'd	xcomp
13	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	on	on	ADV	_	13 get	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 going	punct
16	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	20 going	advmod
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 going	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 going	aux
19	really	really	ADV	_	20 going	advmod
20	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 get	conj
21	back	back	ADV	_	20 going	advmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	the Rat	carelessly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	get on	past			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	go back	present · progressive	Rat		vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

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 · ← Mova's choice

He wants the Mole to think he is calm and sure

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 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wants	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 think	mark
6	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 calm	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 calm	cop
9	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 think	ccomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sure	cc
11	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 calm	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	present	He	the Mole		tree rules
2	think speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Mole not said here			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	he		calm property	tree rules
4	be		he not said here			tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He doesn't want to make a fuss or embarrass the Mole

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	4 want	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 want	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 want	advmod
4	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 want	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fuss	det
8	fuss	fuss	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 embarrass	cc
10	embarrass	embarrass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 want	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Mole	det
12	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 embarrass	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not want	present · do-support	He		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	make not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	a fuss	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fuss=Product
3	embarrass	infinitive	He not said here	the Mole	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mole=Experiencer

Option 3

He doesn't want to make a fuss, so he hides his own worry about the snow and the dark

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	4 want	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 want	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 want	advmod
4	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 want	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fuss	det
8	fuss	fuss	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hides	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 hides	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hides	nsubj
12	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 want	parataxis
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 worry	nmod:poss
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 worry	amod
15	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hides	obj
16	about	about	ADP	_	18 snow	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 snow	det
18	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 worry	nmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 dark	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 dark	det
21	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 worry	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not want	present · do-support	He			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	make not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	a fuss		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fuss=Product
3	hide	present	he	his own worry and the dark	about the snow	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent worry=Patient about snow=Location
4	worry		his = he		about the snow	nom worry «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent about=obl

Option 4

He is pretending not to notice the Mole is sad

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 pretending	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pretending	aux
3	pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 sad	csubj
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 notice	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 notice	mark
6	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 pretending	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Mole	det
8	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 notice	obj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 sad	cop
10	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pretend	present · progressive	He			tree rules
2	not notice	to-infinitive	He not said here	the Mole		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer mole=Stimulus
3	is	present	pretending		sad property	tree rules

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