Test 10 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adve…

Looking back: in chapter III the Rat said Toad wouldn't go into the Wild Wood alone «for a whole hatful of golden guineas». Where is Toad tonight?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat, Toad, Toad tonight · What happens: look back, say, not go, be · To what, where: Wild Wood · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 55 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adventures (the chase, the tunnel and the night wood)» 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: in chapter III the Rat said Toad wouldn't go into the Wild Wood alone «for a whole hatful of golden guineas».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 said	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	1 Looking	obl
6	III	III	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rat	det
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 go	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 go	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 go	advmod
13	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 said	ccomp
14	into	into	ADP	_	17 Wood	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Wood	det
16	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	17 Wood	flat
17	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 go	obl
18	alone	alone	ADV	_	13 go	advmod
19	«	«	PUNCT	_	23 hatful	punct
20	for	for	ADP	_	23 hatful	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 hatful	det
22	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 hatful	amod
23	hatful	hatful	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 go	parataxis
24	of	of	ADP	_	26 guineas	case
25	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 guineas	amod
26	guineas	guinea	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 hatful	nmod
27	»	»	PUNCT	_	23 hatful	punct
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Rat not said here		in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	the Rat			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not go	would	Toad	the Wild Wood	alone property	vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=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.

Sentence 2: Where is Toad tonight?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Where	cop
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 tonight	compound
4	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Where	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Where	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Toad tonight					where property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Walking home along a dusty road with friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	home	home	ADV	_	1 Walking	advmod
3	along	along	ADP	_	6 road	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 road	det
5	dusty	dusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 road	amod
6	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walking	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 friends	case
8	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Walking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund				a dusty road		with friends; home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along road=Trajectory

Option 2

Alone in a dark wood at night, with the warders hunting him and his supper missing

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alone	alone	ADV	_	5 wood	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 wood	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wood	det
4	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wood	amod
5	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 night	case
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wood	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 warders	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 warders	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 warders	det
11	warders	warder	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wood	parataxis
12	hunting	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 warders	acl
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hunting	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 supper	cc
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 supper	nmod:poss
16	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wood	conj
17	missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 supper	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	gerund	the warders not said here	him = he					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Alone in a strange wood at night, frightened by every sound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alone	alone	ADV	_	5 wood	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 wood	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wood	det
4	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wood	amod
5	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 night	case
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wood	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 frightened	punct
9	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 wood	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 sound	case
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 sound	det
12	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 frightened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten	participle		a strange wood at night not said here				by every sound	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Asleep in his bed at Toad Hall, warm and safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 bed	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 bed	nmod:poss
4	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Asleep	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 Hall	case
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Hall	compound
7	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 bed	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 warm	punct
9	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Asleep	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 safe	cc
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Asleep	conj

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

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