Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 4: Mr. Toad (the…

Looking back: in the last part, the Badger said Toad might come back «between two policemen». How does this part fit?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Badger, Toad · What happens: look back, say, come back, do · To what, where: two policemen, part fit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: Looking back: in the last part, the Badger said Toad might come back «between two policemen».

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 part	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 part	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 part	det
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 part	amod
7	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Badger	det
10	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 said	nsubj
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 come	nsubj
13	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 come	aux
14	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 said	ccomp
15	back	back	ADV	_	14 come	advmod
16	«	«	PUNCT	_	19 policemen	punct
17	between	between	ADP	_	19 policemen	case
18	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 policemen	nummod
19	policemen	policeman	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 come	obl
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 policemen	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Badger not said here		in the last part	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in part=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	the Badger			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	come back	might	Toad	two policemen		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between policeman=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.

Sentence 2: How does this part fit?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 How	conj
3	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 fit	det
4	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fit	compound
5	fit	fit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 How	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		this part fit					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fit=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Toad escapes to the Wild Wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 escapes	nsubj
2	escapes	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 Wood	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Wood	det
5	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	6 Wood	flat
6	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 escapes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	present	Toad			the Wild Wood			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to wood=Initial_Location

Option 2

The Rat and Mole arrive and bail Toad out of the cells

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 arrive	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 Mole	cc
4	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Rat	conj
5	arrive	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bail	cc
7	bail	bail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 arrive	conj
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 arrive	vocative
9	out	out	ADP	_	12 cells	case
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 cells	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cells	det
12	cells	cell	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 arrive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	present	the Rat and Mole			the cells		Toad vocative	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme out cell=Initial_Location
2	bail	present	the Rat and Mole not said here						vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Toad is sent back home to Toad Hall again by the court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sent	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	5 home	advmod
5	home	home	ADV	_	3 sent	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 Hall	case
7	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Hall	compound
8	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
9	again	again	ADV	_	3 sent	advmod
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 court	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 court	det
12	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send back	present · passive	the court	Toad	Toad Hall		again	home property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to hall=Destination

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

Toad is caught and taken away by police — just as feared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 caught	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 caught	aux:pass
3	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 taken	cc
5	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 caught	conj
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 taken	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 police	case
8	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 taken	obl
9	—	-	PUNCT	_	12 feared	punct
10	just	just	ADV	_	12 feared	advmod
11	as	as	ADV	_	12 feared	advmod
12	feared	fear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 caught	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	catch	present · passive	Toad		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	take away	participle		by police; away property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	fear	participle			vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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