Test 4 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at…

Which is TRUE about this part?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 TRUE	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 TRUE	cop
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 part	case
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 part	det
6	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 TRUE	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 TRUE	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about this part; true property	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 · ← Mova's choice

Portly sleeps all day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Portly	Portly	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sleeps	nsubj
2	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 day	det
4	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sleeps	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	Portly				day		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Portly cries when he cannot find the one who watched over him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Portly	Portly	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cries	nsubj
2	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 find	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 find	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 find	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 find	advmod
7	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 cries	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 one	det
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 find	obj
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 watched	nsubj
11	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 one	acl:relcl
12	over	over	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 watched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	present	Portly			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not find	can	Portly	the one		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic
3	watch	past	the one		over Portly	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over he=Location

Option 3

The Rat remembers the animal and hunts for it

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	3 remembers	nsubj
3	remembers	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remembers	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hunts	cc
7	hunts	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 remembers	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hunts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	present	the Rat	the animal					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent animal=Theme
2	hunt	present	the Rat not said here					for Rat	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for it=Theme

Option 4

Otter hears Portly crying and the Rat carries him home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 hears	nsubj
2	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Portly	Portly	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 crying	nsubj
4	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 hears	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 carries	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Rat	det
7	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 carries	nsubj
8	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hears	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 carries	obj
10	home	home	ADV	_	8 carries	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	present	Otter			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	cry speech: express	gerund	Portly			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	carry	present	the Rat	Portly	home property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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