Test 17 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 4: Dulce Domum (t…

★★★ The Rat called the Mole's home «capital», «compact», «well planned», and now «ripping». What do all four words tell us about the Rat?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, four words · What happens: call, plan, rip, be, tell · To what, where: home, us · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★★★ 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

Sentence 1: ★★★ The Rat called the Mole's home «capital», «compact», «well planned», and now «ripping».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 called	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	ADP	_	5 Rat	case
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 ★	nmod
6	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Mole	det
8	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 home	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Mole	case
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 called	xcomp
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 capital	punct
12	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 home	appos
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 capital	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 compact	punct
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 compact	punct
16	compact	compact	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 called	xcomp
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 compact	punct
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 planned	punct
19	«	«	PUNCT	_	21 planned	punct
20	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	21 planned	advmod
21	planned	plan	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 called	parataxis
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	21 planned	punct
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 ripping	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 ripping	cc
25	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	27 ripping	advmod
26	«	«	PUNCT	_	27 ripping	punct
27	ripping	rip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 called	parataxis
28	»	»	PUNCT	_	27 ripping	punct
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	call speech: assert	past	★ ★ the Rat	the Mole's home			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	plan in a quote	participle				well property	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	rip in a quote	gerund			now		vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: 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.

Sentence 2: What do all four words tell us about the Rat?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 words	det
4	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 words	nummod
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tell	nsubj
6	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
7	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 tell	iobj
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 Rat	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Rat	det
10	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present							tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	present	all four words		us			about the Rat	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent we=Recipient about rat=Topic

The options

Option 1

He is lying

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 lying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lying	aux
3	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present · progressive	He						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He flatters the house because he really dislikes the Mole's style

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 flatters	nsubj
2	flatters	flatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 house	det
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flatters	obj
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 dislikes	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 dislikes	nsubj
7	really	really	ADV	_	8 dislikes	advmod
8	dislikes	dislike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 flatters	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Mole	det
10	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 style	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Mole	case
12	style	style	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dislikes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flatter	present	He	the house					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus house=Experiencer
2	dislike	present	he	the Mole's style					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer style=Stimulus

Option 3

He is trying to make the Mole feel at ease, but he's also bored

The tree, 15 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	3 trying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 trying	aux
3	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trying	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Mole	det
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obj
8	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 make	xcomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 ease	case
10	ease	ease	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 feel	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 bored	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 bored	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 bored	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 bored	cop
15	also	also	ADV	_	16 bored	advmod
16	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 trying	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	try	present · progressive	He				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	make not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the Mole			tree rules
3	feel not said to happen	infinitive	the Mole not said here		ease		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent at ease=Location
4	is	present	he			bored property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He keeps praising the house to make the Mole feel proud of it

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 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	praising	praise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 keeps	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 house	det
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 praising	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 make	mark
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 praising	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Mole	det
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj
10	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 make	xcomp
11	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feel	xcomp
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 proud	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	present	He			tree rules
2	praise	gerund	He not said here	the house		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme
3	make	to-infinitive	He not said here	the Mole		tree rules
4	feel	infinitive	the Mole not said here		proud property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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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