Test 6 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at…

Why do the meadows look «washed clean of mystery and terror» when the moon rises?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: meadows, moon · What happens: look, wash, rise

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 look	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 look	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 meadows	det
4	meadows	meadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 look	nsubj
5	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 rises	advcl
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 washed	punct
7	washed	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 look	conj
8	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 washed	xcomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 mystery	case
10	mystery	mystery	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 clean	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 terror	cc
12	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mystery	conj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 look	punct
14	when	when	SCONJ	_	17 rises	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 moon	det
16	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 rises	nsubj
17	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 rises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	look	present · do-support	the meadows		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	wash in a quote	past	the meadows not said here	clean property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	rise	present	the moon		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ← Mova's choice

The moonlight makes the field look ordinary and safe again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 moonlight	det
2	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 field	det
5	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
6	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 makes	xcomp
7	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 look	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 safe	cc
9	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ordinary	conj
10	again	again	ADV	_	3 makes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the moonlight	the field			again		tree rules
2	look	infinitive	the field not said here					ordinary property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Shapes are clear now, and the dark has gone from the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shapes	shape	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 clear	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 clear	cop
3	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 clear	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 gone	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 gone	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dark	det
8	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gone	nsubj
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 gone	aux
10	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 clear	conj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 water	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 water	det
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Shapes				now	clear property	tree rules
2	go	present · perfect	the dark			the water			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from water=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

In the light they can see shapes again, so nothing seems to hide

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 light	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 light	det
3	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obl
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 see	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 see	aux
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	shapes	shape	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 see	obj
8	again	again	ADV	_	6 see	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 seems	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 seems	advmod
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 seems	nsubj
12	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 see	parataxis
13	to	to	PART	_	14 hide	mark
14	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 seems	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	see	can	they	shapes	the light	again	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shape=Stimulus
2	seem	present	nothing				vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
3	hide	to-infinitive	nothing not said here				vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The shadows have all gone from the land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shadows	det
2	shadows	shadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gone	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 gone	aux
4	all	all	ADV	_	5 gone	advmod
5	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 land	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 land	det
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present · perfect	the shadows			the land		all property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from land=Initial_Location

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