Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the…

Looking back: what did Toad do the day after the caravan crash, at the end of chapter II?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Toad · What happens: look back, do · To what, where: end

This is test 9 · ★★★ 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	_	7 do	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 do	obj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Looking	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	obl:unmarked
10	after	after	ADP	_	13 crash	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 crash	det
12	caravan	caravan	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 crash	compound
13	crash	crash	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 end	punct
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 end	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 end	det
17	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 chapter	case
19	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 end	nmod
20	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	19 chapter	flat
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	do	past · do-support	Toad				at the end of chapter; after the caravan crash; day		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Went up to Town and ordered an expensive motor-car

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Went	compound:prt
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 Town	case
4	Town	Town	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Went	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 ordered	cc
6	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Went	conj
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 car	det
8	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 car	amod
9	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 car	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 motor	punct
11	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ordered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go up	past			Town				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	order	past		a expensive motor car					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme

Option 2

Walked home slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	home	home	ADV	_	1 Walked	advmod
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Walked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past						home, slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Went up to Town, ordered an expensive car from the dealers, and sent for a chauffeur too

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Went	compound:prt
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 Town	case
4	Town	Town	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Went	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ordered	punct
6	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Went	parataxis
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 car	det
8	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 car	amod
9	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ordered	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 dealers	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dealers	det
12	dealers	dealer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ordered	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sent	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sent	cc
15	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Went	parataxis
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 chauffeur	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 chauffeur	det
18	chauffeur	chauffeur	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sent	obl
19	too	too	ADV	_	15 sent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	go up	past		Town			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	order	past	a expensive car		the dealers		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent car=Theme from dealer=Source
3	send	participle				for a chauffeur	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Sold the caravan and bought a bicycle in town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 caravan	det
3	caravan	caravan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sold	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 bought	cc
5	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Sold	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bicycle	det
7	bicycle	bicycle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bought	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 town	case
9	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past		the caravan					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caravan=Theme
2	buy	past		a bicycle		town			vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bicycle=Theme

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