Test 11 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at…

Looking back: which flower «arrived early» in the summer pageant of chapter III, and now fringes the bank?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Looking · What happens: look back, flower, arrive, fringe · To what, where: summer pageant, bank

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 50 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the music and the island)» 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	20 fringes	csubj
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 flower	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 flower	nsubj
5	flower	flower	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Looking	advcl
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 arrived	punct
7	arrived	arrive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 flower	conj
8	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 arrived	advmod
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 arrived	punct
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 pageant	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pageant	det
12	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pageant	compound
13	pageant	pageant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 arrived	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 chapter	case
15	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pageant	nmod
16	III	III	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	15 chapter	flat
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 fringes	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 fringes	cc
19	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 fringes	advmod
20	fringes	fringe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 bank	det
22	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 fringes	obj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	20 fringes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	flower	present						vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	arrive in a quote	participle			the summer pageant of chapter		early property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	fringe	present	Looking	the bank		now		tree rules

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

Water-lily flowers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lily	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Water	punct
3	lily	lily	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flowers	compound
4	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Purple loosestrife, which grew tall along the bank in the summer pageant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Purple	purple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 loosestrife	amod
2	loosestrife	loosestrife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grew	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 grew	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 grew	nsubj
5	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 grew	xcomp
7	along	along	ADP	_	9 bank	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bank	det
9	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grew	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 pageant	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pageant	det
12	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pageant	compound
13	pageant	pageant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	Purple loosestrife			the summer pageant		along the bank; tall property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along bank=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Purple loosestrife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Purple	purple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 loosestrife	amod
2	loosestrife	loosestrife	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Purple loosestrife, which had come into flower early on the banks of the river at the end of the summer

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Purple	purple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 loosestrife	amod
2	loosestrife	loosestrife	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 come	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 come	aux
6	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 loosestrife	acl:relcl
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 flower	case
8	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 come	obl
9	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 come	advmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 banks	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 banks	det
12	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 come	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 river	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 river	det
15	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 banks	nmod
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 end	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 end	det
18	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 come	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 summer	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 summer	det
21	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past · perfect	Purple loosestrife			flower	at the end of the summer	on the banks of the river; early property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into flower=Initial_Location

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