Test 13 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at…

Looking back: the Mole cried on a tree-stump in chapter V. Who cries in this part?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mole, chapter · What happens: look back, cry · To what, where: tree stump, part

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 51 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the gift of forgetfulness)» 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	6 cried	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mole	det
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cried	nsubj
6	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	11 stump	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 stump	det
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stump	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 tree	punct
11	stump	stump	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cried	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 chapter	case
13	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stump	nmod
14	V.	V.	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 chapter	appos
15	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 cries	nsubj
16	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 chapter	acl:relcl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 part	case
18	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	19 part	det
19	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cries	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 cried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Mole not said here		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	cry speech: express	past	the Mole	a tree stump in chapter	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stump=Location
3	cry speech: express	present	chapter	this part	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in part=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

Little Portly, when he cannot find his Helper, and then the Rat when he sees the hoof-marks

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Portly	amod
2	Portly	Portly	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 find	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Portly	punct
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 find	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 find	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 find	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 find	advmod
8	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 Helper	nmod:poss
10	Helper	helper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 find	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Rat	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 Rat	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 Rat	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Rat	det
15	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Helper	nmod
16	when	when	SCONJ	_	18 sees	mark
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 sees	nsubj
18	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 find	advcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 marks	det
20	hoof	hoof	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 marks	compound
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 hoof	punct
22	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 sees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not find	can	Little Portly	Portly's Helper the Rat					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helper=Topic
2	see	present	Portly	the hoof marks					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus

Option 2

Little Portly, when he cannot find his Helper, and also the Otter when at last he sees his son

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Portly	amod
2	Portly	Portly	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 find	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Portly	punct
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 find	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 find	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 find	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 find	advmod
8	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 Helper	nmod:poss
10	Helper	helper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 find	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Otter	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 Otter	cc
13	also	also	ADV	_	15 Otter	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Otter	det
15	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 find	obl
16	when	when	SCONJ	_	20 sees	mark
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 last	case
18	last	last	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 sees	obl
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 sees	nsubj
20	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 find	ccomp
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 son	nmod:poss
22	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 sees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not find	can	Little Portly	Portly's Helper				the Otter obl	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent helper=Attribute clause=Theme
2	see	present	Portly	Portly's son		last			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Little Portly, when he cannot find his Helper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Portly	amod
2	Portly	Portly	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Portly	punct
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 find	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 find	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 find	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 find	advmod
8	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Portly	acl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 Helper	nmod:poss
10	Helper	helper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not find	can	Portly	Portly's Helper					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helper=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The Rat, when he remembers the great animal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 remembers	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 remembers	punct
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	6 remembers	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 remembers	nsubj
6	remembers	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 animal	det
8	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 animal	amod
9	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 remembers	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	present	the Rat	the great animal					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent animal=Theme

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