Test 10 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a…

Looking back: in chapter I, why had the Mole left his home so suddenly?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mole · What happens: look back, have, leave · To what, where: home

This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a dusty home, a sardine supper, and voices outside)» 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	9 had	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	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 chapter	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
8	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 had	advmod
9	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Mole	det
11	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 left	nsubj
12	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 had	ccomp
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 home	nmod:poss
14	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 left	obj
15	so	so	ADV	_	16 suddenly	advmod
16	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	12 left	advmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund			in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	have	past				tree rules
3	leave	past	the Mole	Mole's home	suddenly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=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 · ✓ the right answer

Spring called him up out of his cleaning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 called	compound:prt
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 cleaning	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 cleaning	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cleaning	nmod:poss
8	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call up speech: assert	past	Spring		him = he	his cleaning			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	clean		his = he						nom cleaning «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He was tired of the dust and the mess

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 tired	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tired	cop
3	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 dust	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dust	det
6	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tired	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 mess	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mess	det
9	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dust	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					of the dust and the mess; tired property	tree rules

Option 3

He heard the birds singing outside his window

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 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 birds	det
4	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 heard	obj
5	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 birds	acl
6	outside	outside	ADP	_	8 window	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 window	nmod:poss
8	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 singing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	He	the birds					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bird=Stimulus
2	sing speech: express	gerund	the birds not said here			his window			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside window=Location

Option 4

The river and his old friend Rat had sent him a letter, asking him to come out

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 river	det
2	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Rat	compound
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 friend	cc
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 friend	nmod:poss
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 friend	amod
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 river	conj
7	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 sent	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 sent	aux
9	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sent	obj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 letter	det
12	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sent	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 asking	punct
14	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 sent	conj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 asking	obj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 come	mark
17	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 asking	xcomp
18	out	out	ADV	_	17 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	send	past · perfect	river Rat	a letter	friend		vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination letter=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	river Rat not said here		friend		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	come out not said to happen	to-infinitive	river Rat not said here			out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

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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