Test 8 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the…
Looking back: in chapter II, why did the Rat say they couldn't leave Toad on the trip?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat, they · What happens: look back, say, not leave · To what, where: Toad, trip · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★★ 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 | root | root |
| 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 | _ | 12 say | punct |
| 8 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 say | advmod |
| 9 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 say | aux |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Rat | det |
| 11 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 say | nsubj |
| 12 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Looking | parataxis |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 leave | nsubj |
| 14 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 leave | aux |
| 15 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 leave | advmod |
| 16 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 say | ccomp |
| 17 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 leave | obj |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 trip | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 trip | det |
| 20 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 leave | obl |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Looking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past · do-support | the Rat | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not leave | could | they | Toad | the trip | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent toad=Theme on trip=Location |
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
«It wouldn't be safe for him to be left to himself, because he always gets into mischief»
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 safe | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 safe | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 safe | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 safe | advmod |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 safe | cop |
| 6 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 11 left | mark |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 left | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 left | mark |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 left | aux:pass |
| 11 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 safe | advcl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 himself | case |
| 13 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 11 left | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 gets | punct |
| 15 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 18 gets | mark |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 gets | nsubj |
| 17 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 18 gets | advmod |
| 18 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 safe | parataxis |
| 19 | into | into | ADP | _ | 20 mischief | case |
| 20 | mischief | mischief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 gets | obl |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 safe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is in a quote | would | It | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leave in a quote | to-infinitive · passive | him = he | himself = he | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to himself=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | get in a quote | present | he | mischief | always property | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into mischief=Destination |
Option 2
«He would only get into trouble»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| 2 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 get | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | aux |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 get | advmod |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 trouble | case |
| 7 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obl |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | would | He | trouble | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into trouble=Destination |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
«It wouldn't be safe for him to be left to himself»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 safe | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 safe | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 safe | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 safe | advmod |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 safe | cop |
| 6 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 11 left | mark |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 left | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 left | mark |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 left | aux:pass |
| 11 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 safe | advcl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 himself | case |
| 13 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 11 left | obl |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 safe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is in a quote | would | It | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leave in a quote | to-infinitive · passive | him = he | himself = he | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to himself=Recipient |
Option 4
«Toad would cause trouble if left alone»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 cause | punct |
| 2 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 cause | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 cause | aux |
| 4 | cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cause | obj |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 left | mark |
| 7 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 cause | advcl |
| 8 | alone | alone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 left | xcomp |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 cause | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause in a quote | would | Toad | trouble | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition trouble=Patient | ||||
| 2 | leave a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | participle | Toad not said here | alone property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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