Test 12 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All…
Looking back: in chapter VII the Rat heard a call in the music. Who feels a pull to go somewhere in this part?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: look back, hear, feel, go · To what, where: call, music, pull, part
This is test 12 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Looking back: in chapter VII the Rat heard a call in the music.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 heard | advcl |
| 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 | 1 Looking | obl |
| 6 | VII | vii | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 5 chapter | flat |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Rat | det |
| 8 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 heard | nsubj |
| 9 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 call | det |
| 11 | call | call | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 heard | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 music | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 music | det |
| 14 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 call | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 heard | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | the Rat not said here | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hear | past | the Rat | a call | the music | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer call=Stimulus |
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 feels a pull to go somewhere in this part?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 feels | nsubj |
| 2 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 pull | det |
| 4 | pull | pull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 feels | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 go | mark |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 pull | acl |
| 7 | somewhere | somewhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 go | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 part | case |
| 9 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 part | det |
| 10 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 go | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 feels | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present | a pull | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pull=Theme | |||||
| 2 | go | to-infinitive | a pull not said here | this part | somewhere property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in part=Location |
The options
Option 1
The Toad, who dreams of his caravan on the road
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Toad | det |
| 2 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 dreams | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 dreams | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 dreams | nsubj |
| 5 | dreams | dream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 caravan | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 caravan | nmod:poss |
| 8 | caravan | caravan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dreams | obl |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 road | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 road | det |
| 11 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dreams | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dream | present | the Toad | the road | of Toad's caravan | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The birds, the field-mice, and a little the Rat himself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 birds | det |
| 2 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 mice | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 mice | det |
| 5 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mice | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 field | punct |
| 7 | mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 birds | acl:relcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Rat | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 Rat | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 little | det |
| 11 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 Rat | amod |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Rat | det |
| 13 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 birds | appos |
| 14 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 13 Rat | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The Mole, who longs to see the winter snow
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 |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 longs | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 longs | nsubj |
| 5 | longs | long | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 Mole | acl:relcl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 see | mark |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 longs | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 snow | det |
| 9 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 snow | compound |
| 10 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | long | present | the Mole | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | the Mole not said here | the winter snow | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer snow=Stimulus |
Option 4
The Mole alone
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 |
| 3 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 2 Mole | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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