Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 4: Dulce Domum (t…

Why does the Rat say little at supper?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: say · To what, where: little · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 say	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 say	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 supper	case
8	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 little	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	the Rat	little					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent little=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.

The options

Option 1

He thinks the field-mice should talk about their plays

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 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mice	det
4	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mice	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 field	punct
6	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 talk	nsubj
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 talk	aux
8	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thinks	ccomp
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 plays	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 plays	nmod:poss
11	plays	play	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	He		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	talk	should	the field mice	about mice's plays	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about play=Topic
3	play		mice = mouse		nom play «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It's the Mole's homecoming; he keeps himself in the background

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 homecoming	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 homecoming	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 homecoming	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Mole	case
6	homecoming	homecoming	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 keeps	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 keeps	nsubj
9	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 homecoming	acl:relcl
10	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 keeps	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 background	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 background	det
13	background	background	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the Mole's homecoming					tree rules
2	keep	present	he	himself = he		the background			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Theme in background=Location

Option 3

He is too cross with the field-mice for drinking so much of the ale at the fire tonight

The tree, 19 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	4 cross	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cross	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 cross	advmod
4	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	9 mice	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mice	det
7	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mice	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 field	punct
9	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cross	obl
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 drinking	mark
11	drinking	drink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 cross	advcl
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 much	advmod
13	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 drinking	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 ale	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ale	det
16	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 much	nmod
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 fire	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 fire	det
19	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ale	nmod
20	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 drinking	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					with the field mice; cross property	tree rules
2	drink	gerund	He not said here	much of the ale at the fire			tonight		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Patient

Option 4

He is saving his breath for the carol-singing that will happen later on in the night at the farm

The tree, 20 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 saving	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saving	aux
3	saving	save	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 breath	nmod:poss
5	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saving	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 carol	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 carol	det
8	carol	carol	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saving	obl
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 singing	punct
10	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 saving	advcl
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 happen	nsubj
12	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 happen	aux
13	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 singing	ccomp
14	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 happen	advmod
15	on	on	ADP	_	18 night	case
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 night	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 night	det
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 happen	obl
19	at	at	ADP	_	21 farm	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 farm	det
21	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 happen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	present · progressive	He	his breath			for the carol	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent breath=Theme for carol=Source
2	sing speech: express	gerund	He not said here					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	happen	future	that		the farm	night	late property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at farm=Location

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