Test 5 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at…

Why does the Mole look up, though he hardly dares?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mole · What happens: look up, dare

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 look	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 look	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 look	nsubj
5	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 look	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dares	punct
8	though	though	SCONJ	_	11 dares	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 dares	nsubj
10	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	11 dares	advmod
11	dares	dare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 look	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look up	present · do-support	the Mole						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	dare	present	Mole					hardly property	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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

Because the call and the summons still seem to command him, and he has already decided to obey whatever happens

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	8 seem	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 call	det
3	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 seem	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 summons	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 summons	det
6	summons	summon	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 call	conj
7	still	still	ADV	_	8 seem	advmod
8	seem	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 decided	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 command	mark
10	command	command	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 seem	xcomp
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 command	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 seem	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 decided	cc
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 decided	nsubj
15	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 decided	aux
16	already	already	ADV	_	17 decided	advmod
17	decided	decide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
18	to	to	PART	_	19 obey	mark
19	obey	obey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 decided	xcomp
20	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 happens	nsubj
21	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 obey	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	seem	present	the call and the summons		still	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
2	command	to-infinitive	the call and the summons not said here	him = he		vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	decide	present · perfect	he			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	obey not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here			tree rules
5	happen	present	whatever			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He wants to see the music that is playing for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 music	det
6	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 playing	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 playing	aux
9	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 music	acl:relcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 playing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	present	He			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the music		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer music=Stimulus
3	play	present · progressive	the music		for him = he	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for he=Eventuality

Option 3

The call and the summons still seem to command him, though he is afraid of what he will see in the light

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 call	det
2	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seem	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 summons	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 summons	det
5	summons	summon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 call	conj
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 seem	advmod
7	seem	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 command	mark
9	command	command	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 seem	xcomp
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 command	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 afraid	punct
12	though	though	SCONJ	_	15 afraid	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 afraid	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 afraid	cop
15	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 seem	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 what	case
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 see	obj
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 see	nsubj
19	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 see	aux
20	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 afraid	ccomp
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 light	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 light	det
23	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	present	the call and the summons			still		vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
2	command	to-infinitive	the call and the summons not said here	him = he				vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	is	present	he				afraid property	tree rules
4	see	future	he		the light			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The call and the summons still seem to command him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 call	det
2	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seem	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 summons	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 summons	det
5	summons	summon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 call	conj
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 seem	advmod
7	seem	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 command	mark
9	command	command	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 seem	xcomp
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 command	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	present	the call and the summons				still		vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
2	command	to-infinitive	the call and the summons not said here	him = he					vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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