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Test 7 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the…

Looking back: in the last lesson, the Rat said «Told you so» about Toad. What happens to the Rat now?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: look back, say, tell, happen · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★★ 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

Sentence 1: Looking back: in the last lesson, the Rat said «Told you so» about Toad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 said	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 lesson	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 lesson	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lesson	det
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lesson	amod
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Rat	det
10	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 said	nsubj
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 Told	punct
13	Told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 said	conj
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 Told	iobj
15	so	so	ADV	_	13 Told	advmod
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 Told	punct
17	about	about	ADP	_	18 Toad	case
18	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Told	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Rat not said here					in the last lesson	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in lesson=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	the Rat						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert in a quote	past	the Rat not said here		you			about Toad	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent you=Recipient about toad=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.

Sentence 2: What happens to the Rat now?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 happens	nsubj
2	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 Rat	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 happens	obl
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 happens	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present					now	to the Rat	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

He gets tricked by Toad himself, and then the Badger scolds him severely

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 tricked	nsubj:pass
2	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tricked	aux:pass
3	tricked	trick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Toad	case
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 tricked	obl:agent
6	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 Toad	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 scolds	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 scolds	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 scolds	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Badger	det
11	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 scolds	nsubj
12	scolds	scold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tricked	parataxis
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 scolds	obj
14	severely	severely	ADV	_	12 scolds	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	present · passive	Toad Toad	He					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	scold	present	the Badger	Toad			then	severely property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

He is proud of his cleverness

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 proud	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 proud	cop
3	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 cleverness	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 cleverness	nmod:poss
6	cleverness	cleverness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proud	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					of his cleverness; proud property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He gets tricked by Toad himself

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 tricked	nsubj:pass
2	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tricked	aux:pass
3	tricked	trick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Toad	case
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 tricked	obl:agent
6	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 tricked	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	present · passive	Toad	He					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

He gets tricked by Toad himself, and has to ride home in shame

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 gets	nsubj
2	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tricked	trick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 gets	xcomp
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Toad	case
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 tricked	obl:agent
6	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 Toad	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 has	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 has	cc
9	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 gets	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 ride	mark
11	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 has	xcomp
12	home	home	ADV	_	11 ride	advmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 shame	case
14	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ride	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	He						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	trick	participle	He not said here						vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	have	present	He not said here						tree rules
4	ride	to-infinitive	He not said here			shame		home property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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