Test 13 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at…

Looking back: where was Toad when we last saw him, at the end of chapter VI?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: we · What happens: look back, be, see · To what, where: Toad, end

This is test 13 · ★ 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

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	_	6 Toad	punct
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 Toad	advmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 Toad	cop
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	vocative
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 saw	advmod
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 saw	nsubj
9	last	last	ADV	_	10 saw	advmod
10	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Looking	advcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 saw	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 end	punct
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 end	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 end	det
15	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 saw	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 chapter	case
17	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 end	nmod
18	VI	VI	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	17 chapter	flat
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund					vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	is a	past		Toad			tree rules
3	see	past	we	Toad	at the end of chapter	last property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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

Trapped in a cold cellar of a grand house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 cellar	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cellar	det
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cellar	amod
5	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Trapped	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 house	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 house	det
8	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 house	amod
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cellar	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trap	participle				a cold cellar of a grand house			vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in cellar=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Locked in the grimmest dungeon of an old castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 dungeon	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dungeon	det
4	grimmest	grim	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 dungeon	amod
5	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Locked	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 castle	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 castle	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 castle	amod
9	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dungeon	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	participle				the grimmest dungeon of a old castle			vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Lost in a dark cave near the river bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 cave	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cave	det
4	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cave	amod
5	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lost	obl
6	near	near	ADP	_	9 bank	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bank	det
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bank	compound
9	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cave	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	participle				a dark cave near the river bank			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in cave=Eventuality

Option 4

Chained up in a gloomy old cellar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chained	chain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Chained	compound:prt
3	in	in	ADP	_	7 cellar	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cellar	det
5	gloomy	gloomy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cellar	amod
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cellar	amod
7	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Chained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chain up	participle				a gloomy old cellar			vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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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