Test 13 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'…
What would happen if they left Toad unguarded for an afternoon?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, Toad · What happens: happen, leave, unguard
This is test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 46 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'm not sorry!» and the Toad locked in his bedroom)» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 left | mark |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 left | nsubj |
| 6 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | advcl |
| 7 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 unguarded | nsubj |
| 8 | unguarded | unguard | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 left | conj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 afternoon | case |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 afternoon | det |
| 11 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 unguarded | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | leave a condition, not said to happen | past | they | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | unguard | past | Toad | afternoon | 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
He might escape, sneak into the village, and find a car to steal before we noticed him gone
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 escape | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 escape | aux |
| 3 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sneak | punct |
| 5 | sneak | sneak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 escape | conj |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 village | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 village | det |
| 8 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sneak | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 find | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 find | cc |
| 11 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 escape | conj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 car | det |
| 13 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 find | obj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 steal | mark |
| 15 | steal | steal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 car | acl |
| 16 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 18 noticed | mark |
| 17 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 noticed | nsubj |
| 18 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 gone | advcl |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 noticed | obj |
| 20 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 find | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | might | He | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | sneak | infinitive | He not said here | the village | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into village=Destination | ||||
| 3 | find | infinitive | He not said here | a car | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent car=Attribute clause=Theme | ||||
| 4 | steal | to-infinitive | He not said here | a car not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | notice | past | we | him = he | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | go | participle | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He might escape and find a car
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 escape | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 escape | aux |
| 3 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 find | cc |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 escape | conj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 car | det |
| 7 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | might | He | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | find | infinitive | He not said here | a car | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Topic |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
He might run off and get lost
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 run | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 run | aux |
| 3 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 run | compound:prt |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 get | cc |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 run | conj |
| 7 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run off | might | He | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | He not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | lose | participle | He not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
He might escape from the house, find a motor-car and drive off down the road
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 escape | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 escape | aux |
| 3 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 house | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 house | det |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 escape | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 find | punct |
| 8 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 escape | conj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 car | det |
| 10 | motor | motor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 car | compound |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 motor | punct |
| 12 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 find | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 drive | cc |
| 14 | drive | drive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 escape | conj |
| 15 | off | off | ADP | _ | 14 drive | compound:prt |
| 16 | down | down | ADP | _ | 18 road | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 road | det |
| 18 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 drive | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | might | He | the house | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from house=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | find | infinitive | He not said here | a motor car | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Topic | ||||
| 3 | drive off | infinitive | He not said here | the road | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent down road=Trajectory |
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