Test 10 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 4: Dulce Domum (t…

Looking back: how did the Mole spend his first night at the Rat's house in chapter I?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mole · What happens: look back, spend · To what, where: house

This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 44 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 4: Dulce Domum (the carol, a magic supper, and a home to come back to)» 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	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 spend	punct
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 spend	advmod
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 spend	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Mole	det
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spend	nsubj
8	spend	spend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Looking	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 night	nmod:poss
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 night	amod
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spend	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	16 house	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Rat	det
14	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 house	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Rat	case
16	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spend	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 chapter	case
18	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spend	obl
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 chapter	nsubj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	spend	past · do-support	the Mole			the Rat's house	night	in chapter	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

Sleeping in the cellar among the apples

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 cellar	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cellar	det
4	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sleeping	obl
5	among	among	ADP	_	7 apples	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 apples	det
7	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sleeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	gerund				the cellar		among the apples	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in cellar=Location

Option 2

Sleeping in the stable with the horse and the cart, hearing the owls and the wind outside

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 stable	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stable	det
4	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sleeping	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 horse	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 horse	det
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sleeping	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cart	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cart	det
10	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 horse	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hearing	punct
12	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Sleeping	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 owls	det
14	owls	owl	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 hearing	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 wind	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 wind	det
17	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 owls	conj
18	outside	outside	ADV	_	17 wind	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	gerund				the stable		with the horse and the cart	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in stable=Location
2	hear	gerund		the owls and the wind					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer owl=Stimulus

Option 3

Sleeping in the attic, cold and frightened, while the river roared outside the window all night

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 roared	csubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	6 cold	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cold	det
4	attic	attic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cold	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cold	punct
6	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Sleeping	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 frightened	cc
8	frightened	frightened	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cold	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 roared	punct
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 roared	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 river	det
12	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 roared	nsubj
13	roared	roar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	outside	outside	ADP	_	16 window	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 window	det
16	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 roared	obl
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 night	det
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 roared	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	gerund				the attic cold			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in cold=Location
2	roar	past	the river			the window	night		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside window=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Happy in the best bedroom, the river lapping his window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 bedroom	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bedroom	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 bedroom	amod
5	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Happy	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 river	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 river	det
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bedroom	appos
9	lapping	lap	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 river	acl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 window	nmod:poss
11	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lapping	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lap	gerund	the river not said here	his window					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Patient

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