Test 13 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 3: Toad's Adve…

Looking back: in chapter II, what thrilled Toad so much that he sat in the dusty road murmuring «Poop-poop!»?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Toad · What happens: look back, thrill, sit, murmur · To what, where: Toad, chapter, dusty road, Poop poop

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 54 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 3: Toad's Adventures (no money, no pocket, and the engine-driver)» 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	9 thrilled	advcl
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	9 thrilled	obl
6	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 thrilled	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 thrilled	nsubj
9	thrilled	thrill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 thrilled	obj
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 much	advmod
12	much	much	ADV	_	9 thrilled	advmod
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 sat	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sat	nsubj
15	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 thrilled	advcl
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 road	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 road	det
18	dusty	dusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 road	amod
19	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sat	obl
20	murmuring	murmur	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 sat	advcl
21	«	«	PUNCT	_	24 poop	punct
22	Poop	poop	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 poop	compound
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 Poop	punct
24	poop	poop	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 murmuring	obj
25	!	!	PUNCT	_	24 poop	punct
26	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 sat	punct
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 thrilled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	look back	gerund				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	thrill	past		Toad	chapter	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus toad=Experiencer
3	sit	past	Toad		the dusty road	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in road=Location
4	murmur speech: other	gerund	Toad not said here	Poop poop		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poop=Topic

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

A cart carrying a whole circus of performing horses and clowns passing slowly by them all afternoon on the high road

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cart	det
2	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 cart	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 circus	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 circus	amod
6	circus	circus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carrying	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 horses	case
8	performing	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 horses	amod
9	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 circus	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 clowns	cc
11	clowns	clown	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 horses	conj
12	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 horses	acl
13	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	12 passing	advmod
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 them	case
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 passing	obl
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 afternoon	det
17	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carrying	obl:unmarked
18	on	on	ADP	_	21 road	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 road	det
20	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 road	amod
21	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carrying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund	a cart not said here	a whole circus of performing horses and clowns	the high road	afternoon		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent circus=Theme
2	perform	gerund						vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pass	gerund	performing horses and clowns not said here				by clowns = clown; slowly property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by they=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A magnificent motor-car that raced past them in a cloud of dust, hooting loudly, while the Rat and the Mole stood at the edge of the road

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 car	det
2	magnificent	magnificent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 car	amod
3	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 car	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 motor	punct
5	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 raced	nsubj
7	raced	race	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 car	acl:relcl
8	past	past	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 raced	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 cloud	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cloud	det
12	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 raced	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 dust	case
14	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cloud	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 hooting	punct
16	hooting	hoot	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 raced	advcl
17	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	16 hooting	advmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 stood	punct
19	while	while	SCONJ	_	25 stood	mark
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Rat	det
21	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 stood	nsubj
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 Mole	cc
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 Mole	det
24	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 Rat	conj
25	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 raced	conj
26	at	at	ADP	_	28 edge	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 edge	det
28	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 stood	obl
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 road	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 road	det
31	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 edge	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	race	past	a magnificent motor car		a cloud of dust	past them = they	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past they=Trajectory
2	hoot	gerund	a magnificent motor car not said here			loudly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	stand	past	the Rat and the Mole		the edge of the road		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at edge=Location
4	cloud			dust			nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A motor-car that raced past them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 car	det
2	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 car	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 motor	punct
4	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 raced	nsubj
6	raced	race	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 car	acl:relcl
7	past	past	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 raced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	race	past	a motor car					past them = they	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past they=Trajectory

Option 4

A brass band on the village green

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 band	det
2	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 band	compound
3	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 village	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 village	det
6	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 band	nmod
7	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 band	appos

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

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