Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the…

Looking back: in chapter IV, what did the Badger promise in winter?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: chapter · What happens: look back, promise

This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 45 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the hour of Toad, and off with those motor-clothes!)» 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	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	IV	IV	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 promise	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 promise	nsubj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 promise	aux
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 promise	det
11	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 promise	compound
12	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chapter	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 winter	case
14	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 promise	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund						in chapter and the Badger promise	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	promise speech: promise	past · do-support	chapter and the Badger promise				winter		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.

The options

Option 1

Once the winter ended, they'd sit Toad down and buy him a new cart

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Once	once	SCONJ	_	4 ended	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 winter	det
3	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ended	nsubj
4	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sit	advcl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ended	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sit	nsubj
7	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 sit	aux
8	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 sit	obj
10	down	down	ADV	_	8 sit	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 buy	cc
12	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 sit	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 buy	iobj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 cart	det
15	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 cart	amod
16	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 buy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	end	past	the winter				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	sit down	would	they	Toad		down property	tree rules
3	buy	infinitive	they not said here	a new cart	Toad		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary cart=Theme

Option 2

They'd take Toad for a ride

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 take	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 take	aux
3	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 take	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 ride	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ride	det
7	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	would	They	Toad				for a ride	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent toad=Theme for ride=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

When the year turned, they'd take Toad in hand and make him sensible

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	4 turned	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 year	det
3	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turned	nsubj
4	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 take	advcl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 turned	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 take	nsubj
7	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 take	aux
8	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 take	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 hand	case
11	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 take	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 make	cc
13	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 take	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 make	obj
15	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	turn	past	the year				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	take	would	they	Toad	hand		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent toad=Value in hand=Location
3	make	infinitive	they not said here	Toad		sensible property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Toad would stop his driving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 stop	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stop	aux
3	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 driving	nmod:poss
5	driving	driving	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	would	Toad	Toad's driving					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector driving=Eventuality
2	drive		Toad						nom driving «act transitive»: poss=agent

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