Test 10 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at…
Looking back: in chapter V the Rat turned back on a cold night to find Mole's old home. How is tonight like that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: chapter · What happens: look back, turn back, find, be · To what, where: old home
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 49 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Portly is missing)» 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 chapter V the Rat turned back on a cold night to find Mole's old home.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 turned | csubj |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 chapter | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 chapter | case |
| 5 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 turned | nsubj |
| 6 | V | v | ADP | _ | 8 Rat | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Rat | det |
| 8 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 chapter | nmod |
| 9 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 9 turned | advmod |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 night | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 night | det |
| 13 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 night | amod |
| 14 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 turned | obl |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 find | mark |
| 16 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 turned | advcl |
| 17 | Mole | Mole | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 home | nmod:poss |
| 18 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 17 Mole | case |
| 19 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 home | amod |
| 20 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 find | obj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 turned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||||
| 2 | turn back | past | chapter v the Rat | night | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | find | to-infinitive | chapter v the Rat not said here | Mole's old home | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Topic |
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 is tonight like that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 How | cop |
| 3 | tonight | tonight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 How | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 5 that | case |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 tonight | nmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 How | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | tonight | how property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Again a friend's trouble matters more than their own bed and supper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Again | again | ADV | _ | 5 trouble | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 friend | det |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 trouble | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 friend | case |
| 5 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 matters | nsubj |
| 6 | matters | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 matters | advmod |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 11 bed | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 bed | nmod:poss |
| 10 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 bed | amod |
| 11 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 more | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 supper | cc |
| 13 | supper | supper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 bed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present | a friend's trouble | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | trouble | a friend | nom trouble «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Again the Rat puts a friend before his own warm bed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Again | again | ADV | _ | 4 puts | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Rat | det |
| 3 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 puts | nsubj |
| 4 | puts | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 friend | det |
| 6 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 puts | obj |
| 7 | before | before | ADP | _ | 11 bed | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 bed | nmod:poss |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 bed | amod |
| 10 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 bed | amod |
| 11 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 puts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | present | the Rat | a friend | Rat's own warm bed | again | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent friend=Theme before bed=Destination |
Option 3
Again the Rat goes out for a friend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Again | again | ADV | _ | 4 goes | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Rat | det |
| 3 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | nsubj |
| 4 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 goes | compound:prt |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 friend | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 friend | det |
| 8 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go out | present | the Rat | again | for a friend | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Once more a friend's need comes before comfort and rest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 7 comes | advmod |
| 2 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 comes | advmod |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 friend | det |
| 4 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 need | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 friend | case |
| 6 | need | need | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 comes | nsubj |
| 7 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | before | before | ADP | _ | 9 comfort | case |
| 9 | comfort | comfort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 comes | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 rest | cc |
| 11 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 comfort | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | a friend's need | comfort and rest | once property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before comfort=Location | |||
| 2 | need | a friend | nom need «state transitive»: poss=agent |
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