Test 6 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All…

Why is the river called «faithful, steady-going»?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: be, call, go · To what, where: river · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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	4 river	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 river	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 river	det
4	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 river	acl
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 going	punct
7	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 going	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 faithful	punct
9	steady	steady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 going	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 steady	punct
11	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 called	parataxis
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 going	punct
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 river	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	the river	tree rules
2	call speech: assert	participle	the river not said here	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	go in a quote	gerund		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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.

The options

Option 1

It stays through every season, never moving house or going south, so the Rat can always find it

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stays	nsubj
2	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 season	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 season	det
5	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stays	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 moving	punct
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 moving	advmod
8	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 stays	advcl
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 moving	obj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 going	cc
11	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 moving	conj
12	south	south	ADV	_	11 going	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 find	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	19 find	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Rat	det
16	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 find	nsubj
17	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 find	aux
18	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	19 find	advmod
19	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stays	conj
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	It		season		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not move	gerund		house			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Theme
3	go	gerund				south property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	find	can	the Rat	house		always property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It never packs up or goes away for the winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 packs	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 packs	advmod
3	packs	pack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 packs	compound:prt
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 goes	cc
6	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 packs	conj
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 goes	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 winter	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 winter	det
10	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not pack up	present	It						vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme
2	go away	present					winter	away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It flows on all year, never packing up, and it is the one place the Rat calls home for good

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 flows	nsubj
2	flows	flow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 year	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 year	det
5	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flows	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 packing	punct
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 packing	advmod
8	packing	pack	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 flows	conj
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 packing	compound:prt
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 place	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 place	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 place	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 place	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 place	det
15	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 place	compound
16	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flows	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Rat	det
18	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 calls	nsubj
19	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 place	acl:relcl
20	home	home	ADV	_	19 calls	advmod
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 good	case
22	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 calls	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	flow	present	It		year		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not pack up	gerund					vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme
3	is a	present	it	the one place			tree rules
4	call	present	the Rat	the one place not said here		for good; home property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent place=Theme for good=Beneficiary

Option 4

It keeps running all through the year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 keeps	xcomp
4	all	all	ADV	_	3 running	advmod
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 year	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 year	det
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 running	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	It						tree rules
2	run	gerund					year	all property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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