Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the…

Why did the Rat lock the door even though he believed Toad was ill?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat, Toad · What happens: lock, believe, be · To what, where: door

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 lock	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lock	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 lock	nsubj
5	lock	lock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 believed	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lock	obj
8	even	even	ADV	_	11 believed	advmod
9	though	though	SCONJ	_	11 believed	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 believed	nsubj
11	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 ill	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 ill	cop
14	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 believed	xcomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 believed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lock	past · do-support	the Rat	the door		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient
2	believe	past	Rat			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	past	Toad		ill property	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 still followed the rule never to leave Toad free, although he doubted him a little

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 followed	nsubj
2	still	still	ADV	_	3 followed	advmod
3	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 leave	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rule	det
5	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 followed	obj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 leave	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 leave	mark
8	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 leave	obj
10	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 leave	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 doubted	punct
12	although	although	SCONJ	_	14 doubted	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 doubted	nsubj
14	doubted	doubt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 leave	parataxis
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 doubted	obj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 little	det
17	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 doubted	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	He	the rule	still		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme
2	not leave	to-infinitive		Toad		free property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Theme
3	doubt	past	Toad	him = he		a little obl:unmarked	vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He still followed the rule never to leave Toad free

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 followed	nsubj
2	still	still	ADV	_	3 followed	advmod
3	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rule	det
5	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 followed	obj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 followed	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 leave	mark
8	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 followed	advcl
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 leave	obj
10	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 leave	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not follow	past	He	the rule			still		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme
2	leave	to-infinitive	He not said here	Toad				free property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Theme

Option 3

He still followed the rule never to leave Toad free, because the Badger had told him to do so

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 followed	nsubj
2	still	still	ADV	_	3 followed	advmod
3	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rule	det
5	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 followed	obj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 leave	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 leave	mark
8	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 rule	acl:relcl
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 leave	obj
10	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 leave	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 told	punct
12	because	because	SCONJ	_	16 told	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Badger	det
14	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 told	nsubj
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 told	aux
16	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 followed	parataxis
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 told	iobj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 do	mark
19	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 told	xcomp
20	so	so	ADV	_	19 do	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	He	the rule		still		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme
2	not leave	to-infinitive	He not said here	Toad			free property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	past · perfect	the Badger		Toad			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
4	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Badger not said here					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He wanted Toad to rest for the day

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	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 rest	mark
5	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 day	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He	Toad					tree rules
2	rest not said to happen	to-infinitive	Toad not said here				day		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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