Test 11 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 4: Mr. Toad (the…

Looking back: what did the Rat say about Toad in chapter II, before they met him?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat, they · What happens: look back, say, meet · To what, where: Rat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 48 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 4: Mr. Toad (the car in the inn-yard, twenty years, and the deepest dungeon)» 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	8 say	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 say	obj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 say	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Rat	det
7	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 say	nsubj
8	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 Toad	case
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 say	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 chapter	case
12	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Toad	nmod
13	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	12 chapter	flat
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 met	punct
15	before	before	SCONJ	_	17 met	mark
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 met	nsubj
17	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 say	ccomp
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 met	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 met	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Rat not said here			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the Rat		about Toad in chapter	tree rules
3	meet	past	they	Rat		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent

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 is so dreadfully foolish, a poor simple creature who ought to be locked up quite soon»

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 foolish	punct
2	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 foolish	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 foolish	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 foolish	advmod
5	dreadfully	dreadfully	ADV	_	6 foolish	advmod
6	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 creature	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 creature	det
9	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 creature	amod
10	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 creature	amod
11	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 foolish	conj
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 locked	nsubj:pass
13	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 locked	aux
14	to	to	PART	_	16 locked	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 locked	aux:pass
16	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 creature	acl:relcl
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 locked	compound:prt
18	quite	quite	ADV	_	19 soon	advmod
19	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 locked	advmod
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 foolish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	He					dreadfully, foolish property	tree rules
2	lock up in a quote	ought · passive	He not said here	a poor simple creature				soon property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

«So lazy, so greedy … Perhaps he's very wise»

Sentence 1: «So lazy, so greedy …

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 lazy	punct
2	So	so	ADV	_	3 lazy	advmod
3	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 greedy	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 greedy	advmod
6	greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lazy	conj
7	…	.	PUNCT	_	3 lazy	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: Perhaps he's very wise»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	5 wise	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wise	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wise	aux
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 wise	advmod
5	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 wise	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

«So simple, so good-natured … Perhaps he's not very clever»

Sentence 1: «So simple, so good-natured …

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 simple	punct
2	So	so	ADV	_	3 simple	advmod
3	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 natured	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 natured	advmod
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 natured	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 good	punct
8	natured	natured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 simple	conj
9	…	.	PUNCT	_	3 simple	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: Perhaps he's not very clever»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	6 clever	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 clever	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 clever	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 clever	advmod
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 clever	advmod
6	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 clever	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	he					clever, perhaps property	tree rules

Option 4

«So rich, so proud, so vain … Quite the scholar»

Sentence 1: «So rich, so proud, so vain …

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 rich	punct
2	So	so	ADV	_	3 rich	advmod
3	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 proud	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 proud	advmod
6	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rich	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 vain	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 vain	advmod
9	vain	vain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rich	conj
10	…	.	PUNCT	_	3 rich	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: Quite the scholar»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quite	quite	DET	PronType=Ind	3 scholar	det:predet
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 scholar	det
3	scholar	scholar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 scholar	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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