Test 13 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adve…
Looking back: in chapter VII the song in the reeds said «I spring the trap that is set». Who gets Toad out of his trap tonight?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Looking · What happens: look back, say, spring, set, get · To what, where: chapter song, trap, Toad · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 13 · ★ 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 VII the song in the reeds said «I spring the trap that is set».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 said | csubj |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 song | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 chapter | case |
| 5 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 song | compound |
| 6 | VII | vii | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 5 chapter | flat |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 song | det |
| 8 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 reeds | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 reeds | det |
| 11 | reeds | reed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 song | nmod |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 15 spring | punct |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 spring | nsubj |
| 15 | spring | spring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 said | ccomp |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 trap | det |
| 17 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 spring | obj |
| 18 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 set | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 set | aux:pass |
| 20 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 trap | acl |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 20 set | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | the chapter song in the reeds | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Looking | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | spring in a quote | present | Looking | the trap | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location trap=Theme | ||||
| 4 | set in a quote | present · passive | the trap | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
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: Who gets Toad out of his trap tonight?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 gets | nsubj |
| 2 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 gets | obj |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 trap | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 trap | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 trap | nmod:poss |
| 7 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gets | obl |
| 8 | tonight | tonight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 trap | appos |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Toad | Toad's trap | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer toad=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1
The fox in the wood, who guides him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fox | det |
| 2 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 guides | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 wood | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 wood | det |
| 5 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fox | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 guides | punct |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 guides | nsubj |
| 8 | guides | guide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 guides | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guide | present | the fox in the wood | him = he | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 2
The Mole
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Mole | det |
| 2 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
A passing cart-driver on the road
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 driver | det |
| 2 | passing | passing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 driver | amod |
| 3 | cart | cart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 driver | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 cart | punct |
| 5 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 road | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 road | det |
| 8 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 driver | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A kind engine-driver who helps him jump
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 driver | det |
| 2 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 driver | amod |
| 3 | engine | engine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 driver | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 engine | punct |
| 5 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 helps | nsubj |
| 7 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 driver | acl:relcl |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 helps | obj |
| 9 | jump | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 helps | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | a kind engine driver | driver | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | jump | infinitive | driver not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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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