Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 4: Dulce Domum (t…

Looking back: at the end of chapter IV the Mole saw he was «an animal of tilled field and hedge-row». How does the end of chapter V fit with that?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mole, end · What happens: look back, see, be, till, do, fit · To what, where: animal · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★★ 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: Looking back: at the end of chapter IV the Mole saw he was «an animal of tilled field and hedge-row».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 saw	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 end	punct
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 end	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 end	det
6	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 chapter	case
8	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	nmod
9	IV	IV	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	8 chapter	flat
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Mole	det
11	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 saw	nsubj
12	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 animal	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 animal	cop
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 animal	punct
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 animal	det
17	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 saw	ccomp
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 field	case
19	tilled	till	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 field	amod
20	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 animal	nmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 row	cc
22	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 row	compound
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 hedge	punct
24	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 field	conj
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	24 row	punct
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Mole not said here		at the end of chapter		vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at end=Theme
2	see	past	the Mole				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a in a quote	past	Mole	a animal		of tilled field and hedge row	tree rules
4	till in a quote	participle					tree rules

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: How does the end of chapter V fit with that?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 does	advmod
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fit	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 end	det
4	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fit	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 V	case
6	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 V	compound
7	V	v	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 end	nmod
8	fit	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 that	case
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 fit	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 fit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	the end of chapter V not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fit	present	the end of chapter V					with that	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Both suggest that the field is his real home, and that he should never travel far

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 suggest	nsubj
2	suggest	suggest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 home	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 field	det
5	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 home	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 home	cop
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 home	nmod:poss
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 home	amod
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 suggest	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 travel	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 travel	cc
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 travel	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 travel	nsubj
14	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 travel	aux
15	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	16 travel	advmod
16	travel	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 suggest	conj
17	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 travel	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	suggest speech: suggest	present	Both			vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	the field	his real home		tree rules
3	not travel	should	he		far property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Both say: keep to your own place, but enjoy the bigger life too

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 keep	punct
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 say	ccomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 place	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 place	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 place	amod
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 enjoy	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 enjoy	cc
11	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 keep	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 life	det
13	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 life	amod
14	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 enjoy	obj
15	too	too	ADV	_	11 enjoy	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Both			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	keep	infinitive			to your own place	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	enjoy	infinitive		the bigger life		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer life=Stimulus

Option 3

Both agree the Mole must always stay close to his field and hedge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 agree	nsubj
2	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stay	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 stay	aux
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 stay	advmod
7	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 agree	ccomp
8	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stay	xcomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 field	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 field	nmod:poss
11	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 close	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 hedge	cc
13	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 field	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	Both						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stay	must	the Mole					always, close property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Stay at home always

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 home	case
3	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stay	obl
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	1 Stay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here			home		always property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location

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