Test 10 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adve…

Looking back: in chapter VI, how did Toad get out of his bedroom?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Toad · What happens: look back, get out · To what, where: bedroom

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 53 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adventures (the washerwoman's dress)» 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	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	VI	VI	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 get	punct
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	11 get	advmod
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 get	aux
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 get	nsubj
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Looking	conj
12	out	out	ADP	_	15 bedroom	case
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 bedroom	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 bedroom	nmod:poss
15	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund						in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	get out	past · do-support	Toad	Toad's bedroom					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

He tied together all the sheets and blankets, and let himself down from the tall Tudor window at night

The tree, 19 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	2 tied	nsubj
2	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	together	together	ADV	_	2 tied	advmod
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 sheets	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sheets	det
6	sheets	sheet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tied	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 blankets	cc
8	blankets	blanket	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sheets	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 let	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 let	cc
11	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tied	advcl
12	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 let	obj
13	down	down	ADP	_	11 let	compound:prt
14	from	from	ADP	_	18 window	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 window	det
16	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 window	amod
17	Tudor	Tudor	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 window	compound
18	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 let	obl
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 night	case
20	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 let	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	He	all sheets and blankets				together property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	let down	infinitive	He not said here	himself = he		the tall Tudor window	night		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme

Option 2

He knotted the sheets together and slid down from the old Tudor window while the household was asleep

The tree, 18 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	2 knotted	nsubj
2	knotted	knot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sheets	det
4	sheets	sheet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 knotted	obj
5	together	together	ADV	_	2 knotted	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 slid	cc
7	slid	slide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knotted	conj
8	down	down	ADP	_	7 slid	compound:prt
9	from	from	ADP	_	13 window	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 window	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 window	amod
12	Tudor	Tudor	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 window	compound
13	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slid	obl
14	while	while	SCONJ	_	18 asleep	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 household	det
16	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 asleep	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 asleep	cop
18	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 slid	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	knot	past	He	the sheets		together property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheet=Patient
2	slide down	past	He not said here		the old Tudor window		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from window=Trajectory
3	is	past	the household			asleep property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He knotted the sheets and slid down from the Tudor window

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 knotted	nsubj
2	knotted	knot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sheets	det
4	sheets	sheet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 knotted	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 slid	cc
6	slid	slide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knotted	conj
7	down	down	ADP	_	6 slid	compound:prt
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 window	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 window	det
10	Tudor	Tudor	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 window	compound
11	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knot	past	He	the sheets					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheet=Patient
2	slide down	past	He not said here			the Tudor window			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from window=Trajectory

Option 4

He tore the sheets and climbed out the back door

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 tore	nsubj
2	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sheets	det
4	sheets	sheet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tore	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 climbed	cc
6	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tore	conj
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 climbed	compound:prt
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
9	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 door	compound
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 climbed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tore	past	He	the sheets					tree rules
2	climb out	past	He not said here	the back door					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location door=Theme

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