Test 15 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adve…

★★★ Careful: the pursuers have «the better engine», yet Toad escapes. What makes up for the slower engine?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pursuers, Toad · What happens: have, escape, make up · To what, where: better engine

This is test 15 · ★ 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: ★★★ Careful: the pursuers have «the better engine», yet Toad escapes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Careful	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	ADP	_	4 Careful	case
4	Careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 have	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pursuers	det
7	pursuers	pursuer	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 have	nsubj
8	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Careful	parataxis
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 engine	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 engine	det
11	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 engine	amod
12	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 engine	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 escapes	punct
15	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	17 escapes	cc
16	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 escapes	nsubj
17	escapes	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 have	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 Careful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the pursuers	the better engine					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent engine=Patient
2	escape	present	Toad						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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: What makes up for the slower engine?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 makes	compound:prt
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 engine	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 engine	det
6	slower	slow	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 engine	amod
7	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	present						for the slower engine	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

A clever plan: speed in the tunnel, then a quick stop and jump

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 plan	det
2	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 plan	amod
3	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 speed	punct
5	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plan	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 tunnel	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tunnel	det
8	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plan	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stop	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 stop	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 stop	det
12	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 stop	amod
13	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plan	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 jump	cc
15	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 stop	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	infinitive							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The driver's fine knowledge of the track and signals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 driver	det
2	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knowledge	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 driver	case
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 knowledge	amod
5	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 track	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 track	det
8	track	track	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knowledge	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 signals	cc
10	signals	signal	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 track	conj

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

Option 3

Toad's loud singing that distracts the chasers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 singing	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Toad	case
3	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 singing	amod
4	singing	singing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 distracts	nsubj
6	distracts	distract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 singing	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chasers	det
8	chasers	chaser	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 distracts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distract	present	Toad's loud singing	the chasers					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus chaser=Experiencer
2	sing		Toad						nom singing «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The chasing engine breaks down in the tunnel, so the driver stops and Toad leaps into the wood

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 engine	det
2	chasing	chasing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 engine	compound
3	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 breaks	nsubj
4	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 breaks	compound:prt
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 tunnel	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tunnel	det
8	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 breaks	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stops	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 stops	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 driver	det
12	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stops	nsubj
13	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 breaks	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 leaps	cc
15	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 leaps	nsubj
16	leaps	leap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 breaks	conj
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 wood	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 wood	det
19	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 leaps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	break down	present	the chasing engine	the tunnel	vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	stop	present	the driver		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	leap	present	Toad	the wood	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into wood=Destination

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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