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

«Sweet as, the Rat sorted it,» says Tama from Auckland. (sweet as = great) What was the Rat's quiet aim all evening, as the last part says?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat, Tama, quiet aim, last part · What happens: sort, say, be, aim · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★★ 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: «Sweet as, the Rat sorted it,» says Tama from Auckland.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Sweet	punct
2	Sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 says	ccomp
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 sorted	mark
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sorted	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Rat	det
6	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 sorted	nsubj
7	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 Sweet	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sorted	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Sweet	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	Tama	Tama	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 says	nsubj
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 Auckland	case
14	Auckland	Auckland	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Tama	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sort in a quote	past	the Rat	it					vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	Tama from Auckland						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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.

Sentence 2: (sweet as = great) What was the Rat's quiet aim all evening, as the last part says?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 sweet	punct
2	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 says	parataxis
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 great	case
4	=	=	SYM	_	5 great	punct
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sweet	obl
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 sweet	punct
7	What	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 sweet	conj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 What	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Rat	det
10	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 aim	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Rat	case
12	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 aim	amod
13	aim	aim	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 What	nsubj
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 evening	det
15	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 What	obl:unmarked
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 says	punct
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	21 says	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 part	det
19	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 part	amod
20	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 says	nsubj
21	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	21 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	is a	past	the Rat's quiet aim	evening	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	the last part		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	aim		the Rat		nom aim «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1

To make the Mole into a happy, settled gentleman who never again goes out to the world above

The tree, 18 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	10 gentleman	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 gentleman	det
7	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 gentleman	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 happy	punct
9	settled	settled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 gentleman	amod
10	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obl
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 goes	nsubj
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 goes	advmod
13	again	again	ADV	_	14 goes	advmod
14	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 gentleman	acl:relcl
15	out	out	ADV	_	14 goes	advmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 world	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 world	det
18	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 goes	obl
19	above	above	ADV	_	14 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		the Mole				into a happy settled gentleman	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent mole=Material into gentleman=Product
2	not go out	present	a happy settled gentleman				again	to the world; above, out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

To send the Mole to bed early and quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 send	mark
2	send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 send	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 bed	case
6	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 send	obl
7	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 send	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 quiet	cc
9	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 early	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	to-infinitive		the Mole		bed		early property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent mole=Theme to bed=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

To cheer the Mole up by telling him all the news from the river and the wild wood

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cheer	mark
2	cheer	cheer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cheer	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	2 cheer	compound:prt
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 telling	mark
7	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 cheer	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 telling	iobj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 news	det:predet
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 news	det
11	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 telling	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 river	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 river	det
14	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 telling	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 wood	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 wood	det
17	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 wood	amod
18	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 river	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheer up	to-infinitive		the Mole					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent mole=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	gerund		all news	him = he	the river and the wild wood			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient news=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To bring the Mole into a happy, settled frame of mind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bring	mark
2	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bring	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	10 frame	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 frame	det
7	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 frame	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 happy	punct
9	settled	settled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 frame	amod
10	frame	frame	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bring	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 mind	case
12	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 frame	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	to-infinitive		the Mole		a happy settled frame of mind			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent mole=Theme into frame=Destination

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