Test 7 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 4: Dulce Domum (t…

Looking back: what did Rat and Mole pay a porter twopence for in chapter II?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat, Looking · What happens: look back, do, pay · To what, where: porter twopence

This is test 7 · ★★★ 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	9 pay	csubj
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 what	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	1 Looking	obl
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 what	acl:relcl
6	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 did	nsubj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Mole	cc
8	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Rat	conj
9	pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 twopence	det
11	porter	porter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 twopence	compound
12	twopence	twopence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pay	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 chapter	case
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 chapter	case
15	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 twopence	nmod
16	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	15 chapter	flat
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 pay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	do	past	Rat and Mole			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pay	present	Looking	a porter twopence	for chapter	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent twopence=Asset for chapter=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

To keep a strict eye on Toad in the waiting-room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 eye	det
4	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 eye	amod
5	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 Toad	case
7	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	12 room	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 room	det
10	waiting	waiting	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 room	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 waiting	punct
12	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		a strict eye		the waiting room		on Toad	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent eye=Theme on toad=Location

Option 2

To take their tickets to the station master

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 take	mark
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 tickets	nmod:poss
4	tickets	ticket	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 take	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 master	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 master	det
7	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 master	compound
8	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	to-infinitive		their tickets		the station master			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ticket=Theme to master=Destination
2	ticket		their = they						nom ticket «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

To watch the luggage in the cloakroom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 watch	mark
2	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 luggage	det
4	luggage	luggage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 watch	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 cloakroom	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cloakroom	det
7	cloakroom	cloakroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 watch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	to-infinitive		the luggage		the cloakroom			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luggage=Theme

Option 4

To find a seat for them on the train

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 find	mark
2	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 seat	det
4	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 find	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 seat	nmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 train	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 train	det
9	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	to-infinitive		a seat		the train		for them = they	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent seat=Theme for they=Beneficiary

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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