Test 5 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 2: Wayfarers All…
Why does the Rat feel he is a traitor?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: do, be · To what, where: Rat feel, traitor
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | root | root |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | conj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 feel | det |
| 4 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 feel | compound |
| 5 | feel | feel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 traitor | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 traitor | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 traitor | det |
| 9 | traitor | traitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 feel | acl:relcl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | the Rat feel | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feel=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | he | a traitor | tree rules |
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
Wishing to go feels like disloyalty to his friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wishing | wish | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 feels | csubj |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 go | mark |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wishing | xcomp |
| 4 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 disloyalty | case |
| 6 | disloyalty | disloyalty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 feels | obl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 friends | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 friends | nmod:poss |
| 9 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 feels | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | gerund | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | feel | present | Wishing | like disloyalty; to his friends | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like disloyalty=Theme |
Option 2
Longing to leave feels like betraying his beloved river, and the Mole would never forgive him
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Longing | long | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 feels | csubj |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 leave | mark |
| 3 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Longing | xcomp |
| 4 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 6 betraying | mark |
| 6 | betraying | betray | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 feels | advcl |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 river | nmod:poss |
| 8 | beloved | beloved | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 river | amod |
| 9 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 betraying | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 forgive | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 forgive | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Mole | det |
| 13 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 forgive | nsubj |
| 14 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 forgive | aux |
| 15 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 16 forgive | advmod |
| 16 | forgive | forgive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 feels | conj |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 forgive | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | long | gerund | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | leave not said to happen | to-infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | feel | present | Longing | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | betray | gerund | Longing not said here | his beloved river | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | not forgive | would | the Mole | him = he | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Longing to leave feels like betraying his beloved river
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Longing | long | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 feels | csubj |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 leave | mark |
| 3 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Longing | xcomp |
| 4 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 6 betraying | mark |
| 6 | betraying | betray | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 feels | advcl |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 river | nmod:poss |
| 8 | beloved | beloved | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 river | amod |
| 9 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 betraying | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | long | gerund | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | leave not said to happen | to-infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | feel | present | Longing | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | betray | gerund | Longing not said here | his beloved river | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Dreaming of the sea seems a betrayal of home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dreaming | dreaming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 seems | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 sea | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sea | det |
| 4 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dreaming | nmod |
| 5 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 betrayal | det |
| 7 | betrayal | betrayal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 seems | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 home | case |
| 9 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 betrayal | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seem | present | Dreaming of the sea | a betrayal of home | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme betrayal=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | dream | the sea | nom dreaming «cognition intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 3 | betray | home | nom betrayal «act transitive»: of=patient |
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