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Test 13 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adve…

Looking back: at the start of chapter VIII, Toad called his friends wise and clever. Has he stopped boasting by now?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Toad · What happens: look back, call, start, stop, boast · To what, where: friends, chapter · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Looking back: at the start of chapter VIII, Toad called his friends wise and clever.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 called	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 start	punct
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 start	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 start	det
6	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 chapter	case
8	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 start	nmod
9	VIII	VIII	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	8 chapter	flat
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 called	nsubj
12	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 friends	nmod:poss
14	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 called	obj
15	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 called	xcomp
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 clever	cc
17	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 wise	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Toad not said here					at the start of chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at start=Theme
2	call	past	Toad		Toad's friends			wise property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient
3	start			chapter					nom start «event transitive»: of=patient

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: Has he stopped boasting by now?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stopped	aux
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stopped	nsubj
3	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	boasting	boast	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stopped	xcomp
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 now	case
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 boasting	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 stopped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	Toad						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	boast speech: other	gerund	Toad not said here						vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Yes, he has learned humility now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 learned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 learned	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 learned	aux
5	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	humility	humility	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 learned	obj
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 learned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	present · perfect	he	humility			now		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent humility=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

No: he still boasts about his own clever plans

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 boasts	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 boasts	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 boasts	nsubj
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 boasts	advmod
5	boasts	boast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	10 plans	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 plans	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 plans	amod
9	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 plans	amod
10	plans	plan	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 boasts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boast speech: other	present	he				still	about his own clever plans	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about plan=Topic
2	plan		his = he						nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No: with a little comfort his pride is back, as with the figure joke

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 comfort	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 comfort	punct
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 comfort	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 comfort	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 comfort	amod
6	comfort	comfort	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 pride	nmod:poss
8	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 back	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 back	cop
10	back	back	ADV	_	6 comfort	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 joke	punct
12	as	as	ADP	_	16 joke	case
13	with	with	ADP	_	16 joke	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 joke	det
15	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 joke	compound
16	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 comfort	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	his pride					back property	tree rules
2	pride		his = he						nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Yes, completely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 completely	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	completely	completely	ADV	_	root	root

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

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