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Test 11 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at…

Looking back: in chapter I the Mole tipped the boat over. What can he do on the river by now?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Mole · What happens: look back, tip over, do · To what, where: boat, chapter, river

This is test 11 · ★ 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 I the Mole tipped the boat over.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 tipped	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tipped	obl
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 tipped	nsubj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Mole	det
8	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tipped	nsubj
9	tipped	tip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Looking	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 boat	det
11	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tipped	obj
12	over	over	ADV	_	9 tipped	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	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	tip over	past	I	the boat		chapter		over property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent boat=Theme in chapter=Destination

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 can he do on the river by now?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 river	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 now	case
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 do	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	can	Mole			the river			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He rows strongly and can swim across now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rows	nsubj
2	rows	row	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	strongly	strongly	ADV	_	2 rows	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 swim	cc
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 swim	aux
6	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 rows	conj
7	across	across	ADV	_	6 swim	advmod
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 swim	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	row	present	He					strongly property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	swim	can	He not said here				now	across property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Steer a boat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Steer	steer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 boat	det
3	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Steer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steer	imperative	you not said here	a boat					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Row and steer well, as the Rat taught him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 steer	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 steer	cc
3	steer	steer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 steer	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 taught	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 taught	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rat	det
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 taught	nsubj
9	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 steer	parataxis
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 taught	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steer	present	Row					well property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	teach speech: other	past	the Rat		Row				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 4

He can swim, and he can row now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 swim	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 swim	aux
3	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 row	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 row	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 row	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 row	aux
8	row	row	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 swim	conj
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 row	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	can	He						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	row	can	he				now		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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