Test 11 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adve…

Looking back: what did the Rat shout at the motor-car that wrecked the caravan in chapter II?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat, motor car · What happens: look back, shout, wreck · To what, where: motor car, caravan, chapter

This is test 11 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 shout	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 shout	obj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 shout	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Rat	det
7	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 shout	nsubj
8	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	at	at	ADP	_	13 car	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 car	det
11	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 car	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 motor	punct
13	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shout	obl
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 wrecked	nsubj
15	wrecked	wreck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 car	acl:relcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 caravan	det
17	caravan	caravan	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wrecked	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 chapter	case
19	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wrecked	obl
20	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	19 chapter	flat
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 shout	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Rat not said here			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	shout speech: express	past · do-support	the Rat		the motor car	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
3	wreck	past	the motor car	the caravan	chapter	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caravan=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.

The options

Option 1

«You brutes! Mind the bend ahead!»

Sentence 1: «You brutes!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 brutes	punct
2	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 brutes	nsubj
3	brutes	brute	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 brutes	punct

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

Sentence 2: Mind the bend ahead!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mind	mind	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bend	det
3	bend	bend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mind	obj
4	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	1 Mind	advmod
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Mind	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Mind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mind	imperative	you not said here	the bend				ahead property	vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bend=Theme

Option 2

«Dolts!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Dolts	punct
2	Dolts	dolt	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Dolts	punct
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Dolts	punct

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

«You villains! ... you — roadhogs!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 villains	punct
2	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 villains	nsubj
3	villains	villain	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 villains	punct
5	...	...	PUNCT	_	6 you	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 villains	conj
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	8 roadhogs	punct
8	roadhogs	roadhog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 villains	conj
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 villains	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 villains	punct

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

Option 4

«Go away!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Go	punct
2	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 Go	advmod
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Go	punct
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go away in a quote	imperative	you not said here					away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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