Test 14 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at…

★★★ Careful: who has been missing «for some days», and who sits by the ford «every night»?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: miss, sit

This is test 14 · ★ 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	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Careful	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	ADP	_	4 Careful	case
4	Careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 missing	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 missing	nsubj
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 missing	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 missing	aux
9	missing	miss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 Careful	advcl
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 days	punct
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 days	case
12	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	13 days	det
13	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 missing	obl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 days	punct
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 sits	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 sits	cc
17	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 sits	nsubj
18	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Careful	conj
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 ford	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 ford	det
21	ford	ford	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sits	obl
22	«	«	PUNCT	_	24 night	punct
23	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	24 night	det
24	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sits	obl
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 sits	punct
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 Careful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	present · perfect · progressive					day		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	sit	present					night	by the ford	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by ford=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.

The options

Option 1

Portly sleeps, Otter is missing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Portly	Portly	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sleeps	nsubj
2	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 sleeps	punct
4	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 missing	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 missing	cop
6	missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sleeps	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	Portly						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Otter					missing property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Otter has been missing for some days, and Portly is the one who sits by the ford at night

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 missing	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 missing	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 missing	aux
4	missing	miss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 days	case
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 days	det
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 missing	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 one	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 one	cc
10	Portly	Portly	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 one	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 one	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 one	det
13	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 missing	obl
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 sits	nsubj
15	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 one	acl:relcl
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 ford	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 ford	det
18	ford	ford	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sits	obl
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 night	case
20	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	miss	present · perfect · progressive	Otter		day		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	present	Portly	the one			tree rules
3	sit	present	the one		night	by the ford	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by ford=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Portly is missing; Otter watches

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Portly	Portly	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 missing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 missing	cop
3	missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 watches	punct
5	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 watches	nsubj
6	watches	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 missing	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Portly					missing property	tree rules
2	watch	present	Otter						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Portly sits; Otter is gone for days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Portly	Portly	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sits	nsubj
2	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 gone	punct
4	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 gone	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 gone	cop
6	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sits	advcl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 days	case
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present	Portly						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Otter				day	gone property	tree rules

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