Test 8 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'…

Looking back: in chapter II, after the first car, how did the Rat explain Toad's state?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: look back, explain · To what, where: state

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 explain	advcl
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	_	11 car	punct
8	after	after	ADP	_	11 car	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 car	det
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 car	amod
11	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 explain	punct
13	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	17 explain	advmod
14	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 explain	aux
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Rat	det
16	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 explain	nsubj
17	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
18	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 state	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 Toad	case
20	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 explain	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Rat not said here				after the first car	in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	explain speech: assert	past · do-support	the Rat	Toad's state					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Topic

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

He is possessed by a sickness that will pass

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 possessed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 possessed	aux:pass
3	possessed	possess	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 sickness	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sickness	det
6	sickness	sickness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possessed	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 pass	nsubj
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 pass	aux
9	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 sickness	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present · passive	a sickness	He					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme
2	pass	future	a sickness						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He was taken by a craze, like someone with a fever

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 taken	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 taken	aux:pass
3	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 craze	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 craze	det
6	craze	craze	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taken	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 someone	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 someone	case
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 taken	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 fever	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fever	det
12	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 someone	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · passive	a craze	He				like someone	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument subject=Destination

Option 3

He is possessed, and a new craze takes him like that at first, so it will pass in time

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 possessed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 possessed	aux:pass
3	possessed	possess	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 takes	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 takes	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 craze	det
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 craze	amod
8	craze	craze	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 takes	nsubj
9	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 possessed	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 takes	obj
11	like	like	ADP	_	12 that	case
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 takes	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 first	case
14	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 takes	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 pass	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	19 pass	advmod
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 pass	nsubj
18	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 pass	aux
19	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 possessed	conj
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 time	case
21	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 pass	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present · passive		He			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	take	present	a new craze	him = he		like that	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Theme at first=Asset
3	pass	future	craze		time		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He is possessed; a new craze takes him like that at first

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 possessed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 possessed	aux:pass
3	possessed	possess	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 takes	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 craze	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 craze	amod
7	craze	craze	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 takes	nsubj
8	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 possessed	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 takes	obj
10	like	like	ADP	_	11 that	case
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 takes	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 first	case
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 takes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present · passive		He					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	take	present	a new craze	him = he				like that	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Theme at first=Asset

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