Test 11 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the…
Looking back: which escape does Toad's rope of sheets remind you of in this book so far?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: escape, Looking · What happens: look back, do, remind · To what, where: rope, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 47 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the doctor, the lawyer, and the rope of sheets)» 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 | 12 remind | csubj |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 does | punct |
| 4 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 5 escape | det |
| 5 | escape | escape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 does | nsubj |
| 6 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Looking | advcl |
| 7 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 rope | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Toad | case |
| 9 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 does | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 sheets | case |
| 11 | sheets | sheet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 rope | nmod |
| 12 | remind | remind | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 remind | iobj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 book | case |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 book | case |
| 16 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 book | det |
| 17 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 remind | obl |
| 18 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 far | advmod |
| 19 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 remind | advmod |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 remind | 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 | present | which escape | Toad's rope of sheets | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | remind speech: other | present | Looking | you | of this book; far property | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent you=Recipient of book=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
Toad's own motor-car escape from the police station in the town earlier on
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 escape | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Toad | case |
| 3 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 escape | amod |
| 4 | motor | motor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 car | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 motor | punct |
| 6 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 escape | compound |
| 7 | escape | escape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 on | nsubj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 station | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 station | det |
| 10 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 station | compound |
| 11 | station | station | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 escape | nmod |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 town | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 town | det |
| 14 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 station | nmod |
| 15 | earlier | early | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 14 town | advmod |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | Toad | the police station in the town | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=place |
Option 2
The Rat's escape through the wood on the road
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Rat | det |
| 2 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 escape | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Rat | case |
| 4 | escape | escape | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 wood | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 wood | det |
| 7 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 escape | nmod |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 road | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 road | det |
| 10 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wood | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | the Rat | the wood on the road | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent through=place |
Option 3
The Mole's dash through the snow last week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Mole | det |
| 2 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dash | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Mole | case |
| 4 | dash | dash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 week | nsubj |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 snow | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 snow | det |
| 7 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dash | nmod |
| 8 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 week | amod |
| 9 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
None — it's the first escape out of a window in the book
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | None | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 None | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 escape | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 escape | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 first | det |
| 6 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 escape | nsubj |
| 7 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 None | acl:relcl |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 window | case |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 window | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 window | det |
| 11 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 escape | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 book | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 book | det |
| 14 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 escape | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | present | it | a window | in the book | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme out window=Initial_Location |
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