Test 4 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 2: Wayfarers All…

Why does the river look «steely and chill» after the Rat's daydream?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: river, Rat · What happens: look, chill, daydream

This is test 4 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 look	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 look	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 river	det
4	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 look	nsubj
5	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 steely	punct
7	steely	steely	ADV	_	5 look	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 chill	cc
9	chill	chill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 look	conj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 chill	punct
11	after	after	ADP	_	15 daydream	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Rat	det
13	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 daydream	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Rat	case
15	daydream	daydream	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chill	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	look	present · do-support	the river		steely property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	chill in a quote	infinitive	the river not said here	after the Rat's daydream		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	daydream		the Rat			nom daydream «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

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

Next to his dream of the South, his home looks dull, after he heard swallows talk all afternoon

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Next	next	ADV	_	11 looks	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 dream	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dream	nmod:poss
4	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Next	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 South	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 South	det
7	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 dream	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Next	punct
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 home	nmod:poss
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 looks	nsubj
11	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 looks	xcomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 heard	punct
14	after	after	SCONJ	_	16 heard	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 heard	nsubj
16	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 looks	conj
17	swallows	swallow	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 talk	nsubj
18	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 heard	ccomp
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 afternoon	det
20	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 heard	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	his home			dull, next property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	hear	past	home		afternoon		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	talk	present	swallows				vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	dream		his = he	the South			nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

His dream has made his home seem plain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dream	nmod:poss
2	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 home	nmod:poss
6	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seem	nsubj
7	seem	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 made	ccomp
8	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present · perfect · passive		His dream	plain property	tree rules
2	seem	present	his home			vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
3	dream		His = he			nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Next to his dream of the South, his home looks dull, and the cold has made the river mud thick

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Next	next	ADV	_	11 looks	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 dream	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dream	nmod:poss
4	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Next	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 South	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 South	det
7	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 dream	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Next	punct
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 home	nmod:poss
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 looks	nsubj
11	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 looks	xcomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 made	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 made	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cold	det
16	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 made	nsubj:pass
17	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 made	aux
18	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 looks	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 mud	det
20	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 mud	compound
21	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 made	obj
22	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look	present	his home		dull, next property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	make	present · perfect · passive		the cold	thick property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary mud=Product
3	dream		his = he	the South		nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Next to his dream of the South, his home looks dull

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Next	next	ADV	_	11 looks	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 dream	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dream	nmod:poss
4	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Next	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 South	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 South	det
7	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 dream	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Next	punct
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 home	nmod:poss
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 looks	nsubj
11	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 looks	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	his home					dull, next property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	dream		his = he	the South					nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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