Test 14 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 2: Wayfarers All…

Looking back: in chapter II, the Rat told Toad «I am going to stick to my old river». What tempts him now?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: look back, tell, go, stick, tempt · To what, where: Toad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★ 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 II, the Rat told Toad «I am going to stick to my old river».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 told	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	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Rat	det
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 told	nsubj
10	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 told	iobj
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 going	punct
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 going	nsubj
14	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 going	aux
15	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 told	ccomp
16	to	to	PART	_	17 stick	mark
17	stick	stick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 going	xcomp
18	to	to	ADP	_	21 river	case
19	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 river	nmod:poss
20	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 river	amod
21	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 stick	obl
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 going	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	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	tell speech: assert	past	the Rat	Toad		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent toad=Recipient clause=Topic
3	go in a quote	present · progressive	the Rat = rat			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	stick in a quote	to-infinitive	the Rat = rat not said here		to my old river	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to river=Co-Patient

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: What tempts him now?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 tempts	nsubj
2	tempts	tempt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tempts	obj
4	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 tempts	advmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 tempts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tempt	present			Toad		now		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The sunny South beyond the Downs, which Toad has promised him in his new motor-car next spring

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	3 South	det
2	sunny	sunny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 South	amod
3	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 promised	nsubj:pass
4	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	6 Downs	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Downs	det
6	Downs	Down	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 South	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 promised	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 promised	nsubj:pass
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 promised	nsubj
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 promised	aux
11	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 promised	iobj
13	in	in	ADP	_	18 car	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 car	nmod:poss
15	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 car	amod
16	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 car	compound
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 motor	punct
18	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 promised	obl
19	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 spring	amod
20	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 car	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	present · perfect · passive		the sunny South beyond the Downs	Toad	Toad's new motor car next spring			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal he=Theme

Option 2

Fat flies on the warm far side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fat	fat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 flies	amod
2	flies	fly	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	7 side	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 side	det
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 side	amod
6	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 side	amod
7	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flies	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The sunny South beyond the Downs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 South	det
2	sunny	sunny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 South	amod
3	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	6 Downs	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Downs	det
6	Downs	Down	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 South	nmod

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

Option 4

The sunny South beyond the Downs, with its violet seas, tawny sands and lizard-haunted walls

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 South	det
2	sunny	sunny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 South	amod
3	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	6 Downs	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Downs	det
6	Downs	Down	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 South	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 seas	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 seas	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 seas	nmod:poss
10	violet	violet	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 seas	compound
11	seas	sea	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 Downs	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sands	punct
13	tawny	tawny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sands	amod
14	sands	sand	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 seas	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 walls	cc
16	lizard	lizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 haunted	compound
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 lizard	punct
18	haunted	haunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 walls	amod
19	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 seas	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	haunt	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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