Test 13 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 2: Wayfarers All…

Looking back: in chapter III, the Mole liked the winter countryside «undecorated, hard». Who would hate that winter, as this part shows?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mole, part · What happens: look back, like, hate, show · To what, where: winter countryside

This is test 13 · ★ 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 III, the Mole liked the winter countryside «undecorated, hard».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 liked	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	III	III	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Mole	det
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 liked	nsubj
10	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 countryside	det
12	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 countryside	compound
13	countryside	countryside	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 liked	obj
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 undecorated	punct
15	undecorated	undecorated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 countryside	amod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 hard	punct
17	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 undecorated	conj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 undecorated	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 liked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Mole not said here					in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	like	past	the Mole	the winter countryside					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot countryside=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 would hate that winter, as this part shows?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 hate	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 hate	aux
3	hate	hate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 winter	det
5	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hate	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 shows	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 shows	mark
8	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 part	det
9	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shows	nsubj
10	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hate	parataxis
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	would					winter		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer
2	show	present	this part						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

The swallows, who need sun and insects

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	5 need	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 need	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 need	nsubj
5	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 insects	cc
8	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sun	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	the swallows	sun and insects					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sun=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The swallows, who need sun and insects, though the Mole liked the frost and quiet snow of winter

The tree, 18 words

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	5 need	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 need	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 need	nsubj
5	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 insects	cc
8	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sun	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 liked	punct
10	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 liked	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Mole	det
12	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 liked	nsubj
13	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 need	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 frost	det
15	frost	frost	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 liked	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 snow	cc
17	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 snow	amod
18	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 frost	conj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 winter	case
20	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 snow	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	need	present	the swallows	sun and insects	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sun=Theme
2	like	past	the Mole	the frost and quiet snow of winter	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot frost=Theme
3	snow		winter		nom snow «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The swallows, who need sun and insects, and also the Mole who loved the frosty winter wood

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 swallows	det
2	swallows	swallow	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 need	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 need	nsubj
5	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 swallows	acl:relcl
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 insects	cc
8	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sun	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Mole	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Mole	cc
11	also	also	ADV	_	13 Mole	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Mole	det
13	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swallows	conj
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 loved	nsubj
15	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 Mole	acl:relcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 wood	det
17	frosty	frosty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 wood	amod
18	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 wood	compound
19	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 loved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	the swallows and the Mole	sun and insects					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sun=Theme
2	love	past	the Mole	the frosty winter wood					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wood=Stimulus

Option 4

The Mole, who likes the cold earth

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	5 likes	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 likes	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 likes	nsubj
5	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 earth	det
7	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 earth	amod
8	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 likes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	the Mole	the cold earth					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot earth=Theme

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