Test 9 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at…

«Strays I find in it, wounds I bind in it.» How does this fit Portly?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Strays, I, this · What happens: find, bind, fit · To what, where: wounds, it, Portly

This is test 9 · ★ 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: «Strays I find in it, wounds I bind in it.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 find	punct
2	Strays	stray	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 find	nsubj
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 find	nsubj
4	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 find	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wounds	punct
8	wounds	wound	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 find	obl
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 bind	nsubj
10	bind	bind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 wounds	acl:relcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 bind	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 find	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 find	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find in a quote	present	Strays	wounds		it			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	bind in a quote	present	I	wounds not said here				in it	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent wound=Destination in it=Theme

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: How does this fit Portly?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 fit	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fit	aux
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 fit	nsubj
4	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	Portly	Portly	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 fit	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 fit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	present · do-support	this	Portly					vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portly=Patient

The options

Option 1

He was lost, and the Rat tied him to the boat

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	3 lost	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux:pass
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tied	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tied	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Rat	det
7	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 tied	nsubj
8	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tied	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 boat	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 boat	det
12	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · passive		He					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	tie	past	the Rat	him = he				to the boat	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient to boat=Co-Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He was hurt and the Rat bound his wounds at once

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	3 hurt	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hurt	aux:pass
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bound	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Rat	det
6	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 bound	nsubj
7	bound	bind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hurt	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wounds	nmod:poss
9	wounds	wound	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bound	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 once	case
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 bound	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hurt	past · passive		He	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	bind	past	the Rat	Rat's wounds	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wound=Patient
3	wound		Rat		nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

He was a lost little stray, and the Helper kept him safe until his Otter father came to find him

The tree, 20 words

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	6 stray	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stray	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stray	det
4	lost	lost	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stray	amod
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stray	amod
6	stray	stray	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 kept	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 kept	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Helper	det
10	Helper	Helper	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 kept	nsubj
11	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stray	parataxis
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 kept	obj
13	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 kept	xcomp
14	until	until	SCONJ	_	18 came	mark
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 father	nmod:poss
16	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 father	compound
17	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 came	nsubj
18	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 kept	advcl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 find	mark
20	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 came	xcomp
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a lost little stray		tree rules
2	keep	past	the Helper	him = he	safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	come	past	Helper's Otter father			tree rules
4	find	to-infinitive	Helper's Otter father not said here	father		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He was a lost little stray, and the Helper kept him safe

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	6 stray	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stray	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stray	det
4	lost	lost	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stray	amod
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stray	amod
6	stray	stray	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 kept	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 kept	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Helper	det
10	Helper	Helper	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 kept	nsubj
11	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stray	advcl
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 kept	obj
13	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a lost little stray					tree rules
2	keep	past	the Helper	him = he				safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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