Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a…

Looking back: in chapter III, the Rat worked something out from a small clue in the snow. What?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: look back, work out · To what, where: something, small clue

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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

Sentence 1: Looking back: in chapter III, the Rat worked something out from a small clue in the snow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 worked	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 worked	nsubj
10	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 worked	obj
12	out	out	ADP	_	10 worked	compound:prt
13	from	from	ADP	_	16 clue	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 clue	det
15	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 clue	amod
16	clue	clue	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 worked	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 snow	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 snow	det
19	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 clue	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 worked	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	work out	past	the Rat	something		a small clue in the snow			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic

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: What?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A broken window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 window	det
2	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 window	amod
3	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

From the Mole's cut shin: a door-scraper, a door-mat, a door

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	6 shin	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Mole	det
3	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shin	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Mole	case
5	cut	cut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shin	amod
6	shin	shin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 scraper	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 scraper	det
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 scraper	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 door	punct
11	scraper	scraper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shin	appos
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 mat	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 mat	det
14	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 mat	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 door	punct
16	mat	mat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 scraper	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 door	punct
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 door	det
19	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 scraper	conj

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

Option 3

From the Mole's torn coat: a button, a hedge, a stick

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	6 coat	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Mole	det
3	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coat	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Mole	case
5	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 coat	amod
6	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 button	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 button	det
9	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coat	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hedge	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 hedge	det
12	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 button	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 stick	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 stick	det
15	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 button	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tear	participle							vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

From a trail of muddy paw-prints in the lane

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	3 trail	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 trail	det
3	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 prints	case
5	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 prints	amod
6	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prints	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 paw	punct
8	prints	print	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 trail	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 lane	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lane	det
11	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prints	nmod

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

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