Test 12 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 2: Wayfarers All…

Looking back: in chapter IV, Badger said «People come — they stay for a while ... and they go». Who come and go in this chapter?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Badger, People · What happens: look back, say, come, stay, go · To what, where: chapter · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 57 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 2: Wayfarers All (the swallows and the call of the South)» 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 IV, Badger said «People come — they stay for a while ... and they go».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 said	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	IV	IV	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
8	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 come	punct
11	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 come	nsubj
12	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 said	ccomp
13	—	-	PUNCT	_	15 stay	punct
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 stay	nsubj
15	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 come	conj
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 while	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 while	det
18	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stay	obl
19	...	...	PUNCT	_	22 go	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 go	cc
21	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 go	nsubj
22	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 stay	conj
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	22 go	punct
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Badger not said here		in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	Badger			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	come in a quote	present	People			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	stay in a quote	present	People	while		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	go in a quote	present	People			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.

Sentence 2: Who come and go in this chapter?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 come	nsubj
2	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 go	cc
4	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 come	conj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 chapter	case
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 chapter	det
7	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go	present				this chapter			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in chapter=Location

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The birds that fly south, like hotel guests, and also the Mole who wandered away in spring

The tree, 17 words

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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 fly	nsubj
4	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 birds	acl:relcl
5	south	south	ADV	_	4 fly	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 guests	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 guests	case
8	hotel	hotel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 guests	compound
9	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fly	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Mole	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 Mole	cc
12	also	also	ADV	_	14 Mole	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Mole	det
14	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 birds	conj
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 wandered	nsubj
16	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 Mole	acl:relcl
17	away	away	ADV	_	16 wandered	advmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 spring	case
19	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wandered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	the birds and the Mole					like hotel guests; south property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	wander away	past	the Mole				spring	away property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The swallows, like lodgers in May

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 swallows	det
2	swallows	swallow	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lodgers	punct
4	like	like	ADP	_	5 lodgers	case
5	lodgers	lodger	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 swallows	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 May	case
7	May	May	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 swallows	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The Badger's guests who stay a season

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Badger	det
2	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 guests	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Badger	case
4	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 stay	nsubj
6	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 guests	acl:relcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 season	det
8	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	the Badger's guests				season		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The birds that fly south, like hotel guests

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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 fly	nsubj
4	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 birds	acl:relcl
5	south	south	ADV	_	4 fly	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 guests	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 guests	case
8	hotel	hotel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 guests	compound
9	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 birds	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	the birds and hotel guests					south property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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