Test 12 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at…

Looking back: in chapter V something called the Mole home through his nose. What do that night and this dawn share?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: night · What happens: look back, call, be · To what, where: Mole, nose · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Looking back: in chapter V something called the Mole home through his nose.

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	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	V	v	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 chapter	nmod
8	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 something	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Mole	det
10	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 called	xcomp
11	home	home	ADV	_	8 called	advmod
12	through	through	ADP	_	14 nose	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 nose	nmod:poss
14	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 called	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund						in chapter v something	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	call	participle		the Mole		his nose		home property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «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.

Sentence 2: What do that night and this dawn share?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 night	det
4	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 share	cc
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 share	det
7	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 share	compound
8	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 night	conj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that night and this dawn share						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A smell that pulls an animal along, and that must be followed to its source, as the Mole once followed it home through the wood

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 smell	det
2	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulls	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 pulls	nsubj
4	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 animal	det
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulls	obj
7	along	along	ADV	_	4 pulls	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 followed	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 followed	cc
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 followed	nsubj:pass
11	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 followed	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 followed	aux:pass
13	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 pulls	parataxis
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 source	case
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 source	nmod:poss
16	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 followed	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 followed	punct
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	22 followed	mark
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Mole	det
20	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 followed	nsubj
21	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	22 followed	advmod
22	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pulls	advcl
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 followed	obj
24	home	home	ADV	_	22 followed	advmod
25	through	through	ADP	_	27 wood	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 wood	det
27	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pull	present	a smell	a animal		along property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent animal=Result
2	follow	must · passive		that	smell's source		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme to source=Trajectory
3	follow	past	the Mole	smell	the wood	home, once property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme through wood=Trajectory

Option 2

A call that pulls an animal along and must be obeyed, and which both the Mole and the Rat feel on the island

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 call	det
2	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 feel	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 pulls	nsubj
4	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 call	acl:relcl
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 animal	det
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulls	obj
7	along	along	ADV	_	4 pulls	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 obeyed	cc
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 obeyed	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 obeyed	aux:pass
11	obeyed	obey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 pulls	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 Mole	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 Mole	cc
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 Mole	nsubj
15	both	both	CCONJ	_	17 Mole	cc:preconj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Mole	det
17	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 call	conj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 Rat	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Rat	det
20	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Mole	conj
21	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
22	on	on	ADP	_	24 island	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 island	det
24	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 feel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pull	present	a call and the Mole and the Rat	a animal		along property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent animal=Result
2	obey	must · passive	a call and the Mole and the Rat not said here				vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»
3	mole		a call and the Mole and the Rat				tree rules
4	feel	infinitive	a call and the Mole and the Rat		the island		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent on island=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A call that pulls an animal along and must be obeyed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 call	det
2	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 obeyed	nsubj:pass
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 pulls	nsubj
4	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 call	acl:relcl
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 animal	det
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulls	obj
7	along	along	ADV	_	4 pulls	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 pulls	cc
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 obeyed	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 obeyed	aux:pass
11	obeyed	obey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	present	a call	a animal				along property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent animal=Result
2	obey	must · passive		a call					vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

A strong smell that draws him home to his burrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 smell	det
2	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 smell	amod
3	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 draws	nsubj
5	draws	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 smell	acl:relcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 draws	obj
7	home	home	ADV	_	5 draws	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 burrow	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 burrow	nmod:poss
10	burrow	burrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 draws	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	present	a strong smell	him = he		his burrow		home property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to burrow=Destination

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