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

Why does the Rat keep giving the Mole little jobs, like dusting?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: keep, give, dust · To what, where: Mole little jobs

This is test 3 · ★★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 keep	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 keep	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 keep	nsubj
5	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	giving	give	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 keep	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 jobs	det
8	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 jobs	compound
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 jobs	amod
10	jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 giving	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 dusting	punct
12	like	like	SCONJ	_	13 dusting	mark
13	dusting	dust	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 giving	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	present · do-support	the Rat		tree rules
2	give	gerund	the Rat not said here	the Mole little jobs	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Theme
3	dust	gerund	the Rat not said here		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

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

To make sure the Mole learns every household skill before the spring returns and he leaves

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 make	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mole	det
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 learns	nsubj
6	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sure	ccomp
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 skill	det
8	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 skill	compound
9	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 learns	obj
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 returns	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 spring	det
12	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 returns	nsubj
13	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 learns	advcl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 leaves	cc
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 leaves	nsubj
16	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 make	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive			sure property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	learn	present	the Mole	every household skill		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skill=Topic
3	return	present	the spring			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	leave	present	Mole			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Busy hands stop the Mole sinking into sadness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hands	amod
2	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stop	nsubj
3	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mole	det
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stop	obj
6	sinking	sink	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 Mole	acl
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 sadness	case
8	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sinking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	Busy hands	the Mole					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality mole=Eventuality
2	sink	gerund	the Mole not said here			sadness			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

To keep the fire going while they wait

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fire	det
4	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
5	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 fire	acl
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 wait	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wait	nsubj
8	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 keep	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		the fire	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme
2	go	gerund	the fire not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	wait	present	they		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

To teach the Mole how to clean the house properly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 teach	mark
2	teach	teach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 clean	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 teach	obj
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 clean	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 clean	mark
7	clean	clean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 house	det
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 clean	obj
10	properly	properly	ADV	_	7 clean	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	to-infinitive		the Mole					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mole=Recipient
2	clean	to-infinitive		the house				properly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent house=Patient

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