Test 8 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the…

Looking back: in chapter II, what did the first motor-car do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: chapter · What happens: look back, do

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 do	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 do	nsubj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 do	aux
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 do	det
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 do	amod
12	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 car	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 motor	punct
14	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 do	compound
15	do	do	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chapter	conj
16	?	?	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 first car do	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	do	past · do-support	chapter and the first car do						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 · ← Mova's choice

It honked loudly and frightened the horse

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	2 honked	nsubj
2	honked	honk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 honked	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 frightened	cc
5	frightened	frighten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 honked	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 horse	det
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 frightened	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	honk	past	It					loudly property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	frighten	past		the horse					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus horse=Experiencer

Option 2

It shot past the caravan with a loud noise and the horse bolted

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	2 shot	nsubj
2	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	past	past	ADP	_	5 caravan	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 caravan	det
5	caravan	caravan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shot	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 noise	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 noise	det
8	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 noise	amod
9	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shot	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 horse	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 horse	det
12	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 noise	conj
13	bolted	bolt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 horse	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot	past	It					past the caravan; with a loud noise and the horse	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with noise=Instrument
2	bolt	participle		the horse not said here					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It blew its horn and the cart rolled slowly into the stream

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	2 blew	nsubj
2	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 horn	nmod:poss
4	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blew	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 rolled	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cart	det
7	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rolled	nsubj
8	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 blew	conj
9	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	8 rolled	advmod
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 stream	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 stream	det
12	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rolled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past	It	its horn					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent horn=Patient
2	roll	past	the cart			the stream		slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into stream=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Swept past with «Poop-poop!» and the caravan crashed into the ditch

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swept	sweep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	past	past	ADV	_	1 Swept	advmod
3	with	with	ADP	_	7 poop	case
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 poop	punct
5	Poop	poop	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 poop	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 Poop	punct
7	poop	poop	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Swept	obl
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Swept	punct
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Swept	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 crashed	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 caravan	det
12	caravan	caravan	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 crashed	nsubj
13	crashed	crash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Swept	conj
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 ditch	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ditch	det
16	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 crashed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep	past						with Poop poop; past property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	crash	past	the caravan					into the ditch result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into ditch=Result

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