Test 7 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 4: Mr. Toad (the…

Looking back: in the second part of this chapter, Toad promised: «the very first motor-car I see…» what?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Toad · What happens: look back, promise, see · To what, where: first motor car · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★★ 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	13 promised	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	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 part	amod
7	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 chapter	case
9	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 chapter	det
10	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 part	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
12	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 promised	nsubj
13	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 promised	punct
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	23 see	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 car	det
17	very	very	ADV	_	18 first	advmod
18	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	21 car	amod
19	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 car	compound
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 motor	punct
21	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 see	obj
22	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 see	nsubj
23	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 promised	conj
24	…	.	PUNCT	_	23 see	punct
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	23 see	punct
26	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 see	obj
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 promised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Toad not said here		in the second part of this chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in part=Theme
2	promise speech: promise	past	Toad			vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	see in a quote	present	Toad	the first motor car		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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

«…I shall ride it home!»

Sentence 1: «…

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	root	root
2	…	.	PUNCT	_	1 «	punct

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

Sentence 2: I shall ride it home!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 ride	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 ride	aux
3	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ride	obj
5	home	home	ADV	_	3 ride	advmod
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 ride	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 ride	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	shall	I	it				home property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

«…poop-poop! off I go in it!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct
2	…	…	PUNCT	_	5 poop	punct
3	poop	poop	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 poop	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 poop	punct
5	poop	poop	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 off	obl
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 poop	punct
7	off	off	ADV	_	9 go	advmod
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 go	nsubj
9	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 go	obl
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	present	I			poop		off property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in it=Location

Option 3

«…poop-poop! off I go in it at once, and never mind the consequences!»

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct
2	…	…	PUNCT	_	5 poop	punct
3	poop	poop	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 poop	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 poop	punct
5	poop	poop	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 off	obl
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 poop	punct
7	off	off	ADV	_	9 go	advmod
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 go	nsubj
9	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 go	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 once	case
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 go	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 mind	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 mind	cc
16	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 mind	advmod
17	mind	mind	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 go	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 consequences	det
19	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 mind	obj
20	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	present	I			poop		off property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in it=Location
2	not mind in a quote	infinitive	I not said here	the consequences					vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme

Option 4

«…I shall certainly steal it!»

Sentence 1: «…

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	root	root
2	…	.	PUNCT	_	1 «	punct

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

Sentence 2: I shall certainly steal it!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 steal	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 steal	aux
3	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	4 steal	advmod
4	steal	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 steal	obj
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 steal	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 steal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	shall	I	it				certainly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

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