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Test 17 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'…

★★★ «A long, long pause. Toad looked desperately this way and that.» Why might he be desperate before saying «No»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Toad · What happens: look, be, say · To what, where: way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★★★ 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

Sentence 1: ★★★ «A long, long pause.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 pause	punct
5	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pause	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 pause	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 long	punct
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 pause	amod
9	pause	pause	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ★	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 ★	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: Toad looked desperately this way and that.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 looked	nsubj
2	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	desperately	desperately	ADV	_	2 looked	advmod
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 way	det
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looked	obl:unmarked
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 that	cc
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 way	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 looked	punct
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	Toad	this way				desperately property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Sentence 3: Why might he be desperate before saying «No»?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 desperate	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 desperate	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 desperate	nsubj
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 desperate	cop
5	desperate	desperate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 saying	mark
7	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 desperate	advcl
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 No	punct
9	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 saying	discourse
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 No	punct
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 desperate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	might	Toad					desperate property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	gerund	Toad not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He's deciding whether to lie again or tell the truth

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 deciding	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 deciding	aux
3	deciding	decide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	6 lie	mark
5	to	to	PART	_	6 lie	mark
6	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 deciding	xcomp
7	again	again	ADV	_	6 lie	advmod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 tell	cc
9	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 lie	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 truth	det
11	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present · progressive	He						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lie not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here				again		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	He not said here	the truth					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient

Option 2

He's thinking about running away

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 thinking	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 thinking	aux
3	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	about	about	SCONJ	_	5 running	mark
5	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 thinking	advcl
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 running	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present · progressive	He						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	run away	gerund	He not said here					away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He's trying to work out whether the Rat or the Badger will be angrier if he says no

The tree, 19 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 trying	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 trying	aux
3	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 work	mark
5	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trying	xcomp
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 work	compound:prt
7	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	15 angrier	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Rat	det
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 angrier	nsubj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 Badger	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Badger	det
12	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Rat	conj
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 angrier	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 angrier	cop
15	angrier	angry	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 work	advcl
16	if	if	SCONJ	_	18 says	mark
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 says	nsubj
18	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 trying	parataxis
19	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	18 says	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	present · progressive	He						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	work out not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here						vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	is	future	the Rat or the Badger					angry property	tree rules
4	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	Badger						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He's worried whether the Badger will punish him

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 worried	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 worried	cop
3	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	8 punish	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Badger	det
6	Badger	badger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 punish	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 punish	aux
8	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 worried	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 punish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					worried property	tree rules
2	punish	future	the Badger	him = he					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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