Test 11 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All…

Looking back: in chapter III, what did the Rat do a great deal in winter?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: look back, do · To what, where: chapter

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 56 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All (change in the air)» 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	5 chapter	csubj
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	root	root
6	III	III	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 do	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 do	obj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 do	aux
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Rat	det
11	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 do	nsubj
12	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 chapter	parataxis
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 deal	det
14	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 deal	amod
15	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 do	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 winter	case
17	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 deal	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	do	past · do-support	the Rat	chapter					tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice

Slept most of the day, rose late for his breakfast, and scribbled poems by the fire in the evenings

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	1 Slept	obj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 day	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 day	det
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 most	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rose	punct
7	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Slept	conj
8	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 rose	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 breakfast	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 breakfast	nmod:poss
11	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rose	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 scribbled	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 scribbled	cc
14	scribbled	scribble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Slept	conj
15	poems	poem	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 scribbled	obj
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 fire	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 fire	det
18	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 scribbled	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 evenings	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 evenings	det
21	evenings	evening	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 scribbled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	most of the day			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Theme
2	rise	past			for his breakfast; late property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	scribble	participle	poems	evening	by the fire	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Theme

Option 2

Slept a lot, and grumbled at the cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lot	det
3	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Slept	obl:unmarked
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 grumbled	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 grumbled	cc
6	grumbled	grumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Slept	conj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 cold	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cold	det
9	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grumbled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past		a lot					vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	grumble speech: other	past				the cold			vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Stayed in bed late each morning, dozing, and occasionally wrote a verse or two about the snow and frost

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 bed	case
3	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stayed	obl
4	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Stayed	advmod
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 morning	det
6	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stayed	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 dozing	punct
8	dozing	doze	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Stayed	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wrote	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wrote	cc
11	occasionally	occasionally	ADV	_	12 wrote	advmod
12	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Stayed	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 verse	det
14	verse	verse	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wrote	obj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 two	cc
16	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 verse	conj
17	about	about	ADP	_	19 snow	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 snow	det
19	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wrote	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 frost	cc
21	frost	frost	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 snow	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past		bed	morning	late property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bed=Location
2	doze	gerund					vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	write	past	a verse			about the snow and frost; occasionally property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent verse=Recipient about snow=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Slept, rising late, and scribbled poetry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slept	sleep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 scribbled	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 rising	punct
3	rising	rise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Slept	conj
4	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 rising	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 scribbled	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 scribbled	cc
7	scribbled	scribble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	poetry	poetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scribbled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sleep	participle			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	rise	gerund		late property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	scribble	past	poetry		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poetry=Theme

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