Test 12 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at…

Looking back: the Mole once lay in a hollow beech tree in the Wild Wood. How is tonight different?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mole · What happens: look back, lie, be · To what, where: hollow beech tree

This is test 12 · ★ 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: the Mole once lay in a hollow beech tree in the Wild Wood.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 lay	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mole	det
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lay	nsubj
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 lay	advmod
7	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	12 tree	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tree	det
10	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tree	amod
11	beech	beech	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tree	compound
12	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lay	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 Wood	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Wood	det
15	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	16 Wood	flat
16	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 tree	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 lay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Mole not said here						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	lie	past	the Mole			a hollow beech tree in the Wild Wood		once property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=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 is tonight different?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 different	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 different	cop
3	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 different	obl:unmarked
4	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 different	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present					tonight	different property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Then he hid alone in terror; now he goes out at night on purpose to help

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 hid	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hid	nsubj
3	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 hid	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 terror	case
6	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hid	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 goes	punct
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 goes	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 goes	nsubj
10	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hid	conj
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 goes	compound:prt
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 night	case
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 goes	obl
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 purpose	case
15	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 goes	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 help	mark
17	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 goes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	he	terror	then	alone property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in terror=Location
2	go out	present	he	purpose	now; night		vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	help	to-infinitive	he not said here				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Then he hid alone in terror, sheltering in a beech tree from the dark; now he goes out at night on purpose to help a friend

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 hid	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hid	nsubj
3	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 hid	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 terror	case
6	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hid	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sheltering	punct
8	sheltering	shelter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 hid	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 tree	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tree	det
11	beech	beech	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tree	compound
12	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sheltering	obl
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 dark	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 dark	det
15	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sheltering	obl
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 goes	punct
17	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 goes	advmod
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 goes	nsubj
19	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hid	conj
20	out	out	ADP	_	19 goes	compound:prt
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 night	case
22	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 goes	obl
23	on	on	ADP	_	24 purpose	case
24	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 goes	obl
25	to	to	PART	_	26 help	mark
26	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 goes	advcl
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 friend	det
28	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	he		terror	then	alone property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in terror=Location
2	shelter	gerund	he not said here		a beech tree		from the dark	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location
3	go out	present	he		purpose	now; night		vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	help	to-infinitive	he not said here	a friend				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Beneficiary

Option 3

Then he slept in fear; now he rows through the night to help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 slept	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 slept	nsubj
3	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 fear	case
5	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slept	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 rows	punct
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 rows	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 rows	nsubj
9	rows	row	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 slept	conj
10	through	through	ADP	_	12 night	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 night	det
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rows	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 help	mark
14	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 rows	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	roles by
1	sleep	past	he	fear	then	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in fear=Location
2	row	present	he		now; night	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	help	to-infinitive	he not said here			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Then he was alone and shaking; tonight he is brave and with friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 shaking	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 shaking	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 shaking	aux
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	6 shaking	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 shaking	cc
6	shaking	shake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 brave	punct
8	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 brave	nsubj
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 brave	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 brave	cop
11	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shaking	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 friends	cc
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 friends	case
14	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 brave	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	past · progressive	he				then	alone property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	tonight					brave property	tree rules

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