Test 14 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at…

Looking back: the book is called «The Wind in the Willows». Where in this part does the wind in the reeds turn into words?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: reeds · What happens: look back, call, do, turn · To what, where: book, wind, part, words · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Looking back: the book is called «The Wind in the Willows».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 called	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 book	det
5	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 called	aux:pass
7	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 Wind	punct
9	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Wind	det
10	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 called	xcomp
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 Willows	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Willows	det
13	Willows	Willow	PROPN	Number=Plur	10 Wind	nmod
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 Wind	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	call	present · passive		the book					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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: Where in this part does the wind in the reeds turn into words?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 does	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 part	case
3	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 part	det
4	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 does	obl
5	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 turn	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wind	det
7	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 does	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 reeds	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 reeds	det
10	reeds	reed	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 turn	nsubj
11	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	into	into	ADP	_	13 words	case
13	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 turn	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 turn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	the reeds not said here	the wind		this part			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Eventuality
2	turn	present	the reeds			words			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into word=Trajectory

The options

Option 1

On the drift home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 drift	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 drift	det
3	drift	drift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	home	home	ADV	_	3 drift	advmod

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

On the drift home, when the Rat hears a song in it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 drift	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 drift	det
3	drift	drift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	home	home	ADV	_	3 drift	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hears	punct
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 hears	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rat	det
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 hears	nsubj
9	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 drift	acl:relcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 song	det
11	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hears	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hears	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	present	the Rat	a song		song			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer song=Stimulus

Option 3

On the way out, when the Piper blows his pipe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 way	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 way	det
3	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blows	obl
4	out	out	ADV	_	3 way	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 blows	punct
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 blows	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Piper	det
8	Piper	piper	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blows	nsubj
9	blows	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 pipe	nmod:poss
11	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	present	the Piper	Piper's pipe		the way			vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent pipe=Patient

Option 4

When the Mole hears the wind in the reeds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	4 hears	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Mole	det
3	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hears	nsubj
4	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wind	det
6	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hears	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 reeds	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reeds	det
9	reeds	reed	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hears	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	present	the Mole	the wind		the reeds			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer wind=Stimulus

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