Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 4: Mr. Toad (the…

Toad called the Rat stupid: «very little intelligence». Who really behaves with little sense in this part?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Toad · What happens: call, behave · To what, where: Rat, part · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★★★ 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

Sentence 1: Toad called the Rat stupid: «very little intelligence».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 called	obj
5	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 called	xcomp
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 intelligence	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 intelligence	punct
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 little	advmod
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 intelligence	amod
10	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	xcomp
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 intelligence	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	Toad		the Rat			stupid property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rat=Recipient

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: Who really behaves with little sense in this part?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 behaves	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	3 behaves	advmod
3	behaves	behave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 sense	case
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sense	amod
6	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 behaves	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 part	case
8	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 part	det
9	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 behaves	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 behaves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	behave	present				this part		with little sense	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

The Clerk, who adds up the sentences wrongly and then hands out twenty years

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Clerk	det
2	Clerk	Clerk	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 adds	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 adds	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 adds	nsubj
5	adds	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 adds	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sentences	det
8	sentences	sentence	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 adds	obj
9	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	_	5 adds	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hands	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 hands	advmod
12	hands	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 adds	conj
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 hands	compound:prt
14	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 years	nummod
15	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 hands	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add up speech: assert	present	the Clerk	the sentences				wrongly property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Patient
2	hand out	present	the Clerk not said here				then; year		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Toad, who steals a car within hours of escaping from his own bedroom at Toad Hall

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 steals	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 steals	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 steals	nsubj
4	steals	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 car	det
6	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 steals	obj
7	within	within	ADP	_	8 hours	case
8	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 steals	obl
9	of	of	SCONJ	_	10 escaping	mark
10	escaping	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 hours	acl
11	from	from	ADP	_	14 bedroom	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 bedroom	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 bedroom	amod
14	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 escaping	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 Hall	case
16	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Hall	compound
17	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 escaping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	present	Toad	a car			hour		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location car=Theme
2	escape	gerund	hours not said here			Toad's own bedroom		at Toad Hall	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from bedroom=Initial_Location

Option 3

The policemen, who chased an innocent Toad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 policemen	det
2	policemen	policeman	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chased	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 chased	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 chased	nsubj
5	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 Toad	det
7	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Toad	amod
8	Toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chased	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past		the policemen					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Toad, who steals a car within hours of escaping

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 steals	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 steals	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 steals	nsubj
4	steals	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hours	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 car	det
6	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 steals	obj
7	within	within	ADP	_	8 hours	case
8	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 escaping	case
10	escaping	escaping	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hours	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	present	Toad	a car					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location car=Theme

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