Test 7 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adve…

Why does the fox call Toad «washerwoman»?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: fox call

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	conj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 call	det
4	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 call	compound
5	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 call	appos
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 washerwoman	punct
8	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Toad	appos
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 washerwoman	punct
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the fox call					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Eventuality

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 · ✓ the right answer

Toad is still in the washerwoman's gown and bonnet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 gown	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 gown	cop
3	still	still	ADV	_	8 gown	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 gown	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 washerwoman	det
6	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gown	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 washerwoman	case
8	gown	gown	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bonnet	cc
10	bonnet	bonnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gown	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Toad			the washerwoman's gown and bonnet	still		tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Because Toad disguised himself as a washerwoman to escape, and still wears her gown and bonnet

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 disguised	mark
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 disguised	nsubj
3	disguised	disguise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 disguised	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 washerwoman	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 washerwoman	det
7	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disguised	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 escape	mark
9	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 washerwoman	acl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 wears	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wears	cc
12	still	still	ADV	_	13 wears	advmod
13	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 disguised	conj
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 gown	nmod:poss
15	gown	gown	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wears	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 bonnet	cc
17	bonnet	bonnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 gown	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	disguise	past	Toad	Toad		as a washerwoman	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Destination
2	escape	to-infinitive	Toad not said here				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	wear	present	Toad not said here	her gown and bonnet	still		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent gown=Theme

Option 3

Because Toad's voice sounds like a woman's

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 sounds	mark
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 voice	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Toad	case
4	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sounds	nsubj
5	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 woman	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 woman	det
8	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sounds	obl
9	's	's	PART	_	8 woman	case

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	present	Toad's voice					like a woman	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Because Toad has been stopped by a washerwoman who thinks he owes her money for linen

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 stopped	mark
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 stopped	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stopped	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 stopped	aux:pass
5	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 thinks	advcl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 washerwoman	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 washerwoman	det
8	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stopped	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 thinks	nsubj
10	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 owes	nsubj
12	owes	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 thinks	ccomp
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 money	nmod:poss
14	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 owes	obj
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 linen	case
16	linen	linen	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 owes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stop	present · perfect · passive	a washerwoman	Toad		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality subject=Eventuality
2	think speech: other	present				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	owe	present	Toad	her money	for linen goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent money=Theme for linen=Goal

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