Test 4 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All…

Why does the Rat say «You won't be 'free' as you call it much this side of Christmas»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat, You · What happens: say, not be, call · To what, where: Rat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 say	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 free	punct
7	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 free	nsubj
8	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 free	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 free	advmod
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 free	cop
11	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 free	punct
12	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 say	ccomp
13	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 free	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 call	mark
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 call	nsubj
16	call	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 free	advcl
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 call	obj
18	much	much	ADV	_	20 side	advmod
19	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 side	det
20	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 call	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 Christmas	case
22	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 side	nmod
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 free	punct
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	the Rat			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	not is in a quote	future	You		free property	tree rules
3	call in a quote	present	you	Rat	this side of Christmas obl	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient

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

He grumbles that they'll be busy with moving and packing all the way through the winter until spring

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grumbles	nsubj
2	grumbles	grumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 busy	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 busy	nsubj
5	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 busy	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 busy	cop
7	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grumbles	ccomp
8	with	with	SCONJ	_	9 moving	mark
9	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 busy	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 packing	cc
11	packing	pack	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 moving	conj
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 way	det:predet
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 way	det
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 packing	obj
15	through	through	ADP	_	17 winter	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 winter	det
17	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 packing	obl
18	until	until	ADP	_	19 spring	case
19	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 moving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	grumble speech: other	present	He				vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	future	they			busy property	tree rules
3	move	gerund	they not said here		spring		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	pack	gerund	they not said here	all way	winter		vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme way=Destination

Option 2

He is annoyed that they'll keep the flats so neat that he can never visit them again, not even once

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 annoyed	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 annoyed	cop
3	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 keep	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keep	nsubj
6	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 keep	aux
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 annoyed	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 flats	det
9	flats	flat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 keep	obj
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 neat	advmod
11	neat	neat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 keep	xcomp
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 visit	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 visit	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 visit	aux
15	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	16 visit	advmod
16	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 neat	advcl
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 visit	obj
18	again	again	ADV	_	16 visit	advmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 once	punct
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 once	advmod
21	even	even	ADV	_	22 once	advmod
22	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 annoyed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			annoyed property	tree rules
2	keep	future	they	the flats		neat property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flat=Theme
3	not visit	can	he	flats = flat	again		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent

Option 3

He fears they'll never finish the moving work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fears	nsubj
2	fears	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 finish	nsubj
4	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 finish	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 finish	advmod
6	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 fears	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 work	det
8	moving	moving	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 work	compound
9	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 finish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	present	He						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	not finish	future	they	the moving work					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality work=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He grumbles that they'll be busy moving for months

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grumbles	nsubj
2	grumbles	grumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 busy	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 busy	nsubj
5	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 busy	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 busy	cop
7	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grumbles	ccomp
8	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 busy	advcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 months	case
10	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 moving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	grumble speech: other	present	He			vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	future	they		busy property	tree rules
3	move	gerund	they not said here	month		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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