Test 13 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 4: Mr. Toad (the…

Cara, a bit gutted (very disappointed): «so the book's over, Toad's in the dungeon for good?» What does the writer hint last lesson?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: book, Toad, writer · What happens: gut, be, hint · To what, where: bit, dungeon, last lesson

This is test 13 · ★★★ 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: Cara, a bit gutted (very disappointed): «so the book's over, Toad's in the dungeon for good?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cara	Cara	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bit	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cara	appos
5	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bit	acl
6	(	(	PUNCT	_	8 disappointed	punct
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 disappointed	advmod
8	disappointed	disappointed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gutted	parataxis
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	8 disappointed	punct
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	22 dungeon	punct
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 over	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	16 over	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 book	det
14	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 over	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 over	cop
16	over	over	ADV	_	22 dungeon	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 dungeon	punct
18	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 dungeon	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 dungeon	cop
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 dungeon	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 dungeon	det
22	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cara	appos
23	for	for	ADP	_	24 good	case
24	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 dungeon	nmod
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Cara	punct
26	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Cara	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	gut	participle		a bit not said here			vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	the book			over property	tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	Toad		the dungeon	for good	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.

Sentence 2: What does the writer hint last lesson?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 hint	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hint	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 writer	det
4	writer	writer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hint	nsubj
5	hint	hint	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lesson	amod
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hint	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 hint	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hint speech: other	present · do-support	the writer	last lesson					tree rules

The options

Option 1

More story follows, since Toad's fortunes change later on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	More	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 story	amod
2	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 follows	nsubj
3	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 change	punct
5	since	since	SCONJ	_	9 change	mark
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 fortunes	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Toad	case
8	fortunes	fortune	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 change	nsubj
9	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 follows	conj
10	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 change	advmod
11	on	on	ADP	_	9 change	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present	More story						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	change	present	Toad's fortunes					late property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Toad will be freed quite soon, so the book is ending now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 freed	nsubj:pass
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 freed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 freed	aux:pass
4	freed	free	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	quite	quite	ADV	_	6 soon	advmod
6	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 freed	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ending	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 ending	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 book	det
10	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ending	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 ending	aux
12	ending	end	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 freed	advcl
13	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 ending	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	free	future · passive		Toad				soon property	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source
2	end	present · progressive	the book				now		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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

Much water was to run under bridges before Toad sat at ease in his Hall — more story to come

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 water	amod
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 run	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 run	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	5 run	mark
5	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	under	under	ADP	_	7 bridges	case
7	bridges	bridge	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 run	obl
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 sat	mark
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 sat	nsubj
10	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 run	advcl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 ease	case
12	ease	ease	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sat	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 Hall	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 Hall	nmod:poss
15	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 sat	obl
16	—	-	PUNCT	_	18 story	punct
17	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	18 story	amod
18	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 run	parataxis
19	to	to	PART	_	20 come	mark
20	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 story	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	run	past	Much water	bridges		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under bridge=Trajectory
2	sit	past	Toad	ease	in Toad's Hall	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at ease=Location
3	come	to-infinitive	Much water not said here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Toad's prison story is over, but many more years will pass before the book is finally ended and all is set right

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 story	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Toad	case
3	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 story	compound
4	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 over	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 over	cop
6	over	over	ADV	_	13 pass	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 pass	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 pass	cc
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 years	amod
10	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 years	amod
11	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 pass	nsubj
12	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 pass	aux
13	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	before	before	SCONJ	_	19 ended	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 book	det
16	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 ended	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 ended	cop
18	finally	finally	ADV	_	19 ended	advmod
19	ended	ended	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 pass	advcl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 set	cc
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	23 set	nsubj:pass
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 set	aux:pass
23	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 ended	conj
24	right	right	ADV	_	23 set	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Toad's prison story		over property	tree rules
2	pass	future	many more years			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	the book		ended, finally property	tree rules
4	set	present · passive		all	right property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result

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