Test 12 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 3: Wayfarers All…

Looking back: in chapter V, the Rat and the Mole peeped through village windows at families by the fire. What did they feel?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: look back, peep, feel

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 58 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 3: Wayfarers All (the Sea Rat from Constantinople)» 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 V, the Rat and the Mole peeped through village windows at families by the fire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 peeped	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 V	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 V	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 V	compound
6	V	v	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Rat	det
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 peeped	nsubj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 Mole	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Mole	det
12	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Rat	conj
13	peeped	peep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	through	through	ADP	_	16 windows	case
15	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 windows	compound
16	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 peeped	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 families	case
18	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 peeped	obl
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 fire	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 fire	det
21	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 peeped	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 peeped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Rat and the Mole not said here					in chapter V	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in v=Theme
2	peep	past	the Rat and the Mole					at families; by the fire; through village windows	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through window=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: What did they feel?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 feel	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 feel	aux
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 feel	nsubj
4	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past · do-support	Rat						vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme

The options

Option 1

Wistful, being far from home themselves, and they wished they could be back by their own fire at the river

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wistful	wistful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 far	punct
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 far	cop
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Wistful	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 home	case
6	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 far	obl
7	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	6 home	nmod:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wished	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wished	cc
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wished	nsubj
11	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wistful	conj
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 back	nsubj
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 back	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 back	cop
15	back	back	ADV	_	11 wished	advmod
16	by	by	ADP	_	19 fire	case
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 fire	nmod:poss
18	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 fire	amod
19	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 back	obl
20	at	at	ADP	_	22 river	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 river	det
22	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	gerund		home themselves	far property	tree rules
2	wish	past	they	the river		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	is	could	they		by their own fire; back property	tree rules
4	fire		their = they			nom fire «event transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Angry, being left outside in the cold while the families sat warm and laughed together by the fire

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 left	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Angry	punct
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 left	aux:pass
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	outside	outside	ADV	_	4 left	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 cold	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cold	det
8	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obl
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 sat	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 families	det
11	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sat	nsubj
12	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 left	advcl
13	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sat	xcomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 laughed	cc
15	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 sat	conj
16	together	together	ADV	_	15 laughed	advmod
17	by	by	ADP	_	19 fire	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 fire	det
19	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 laughed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	leave	gerund · passive		in the cold result; outside property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: in cold=Result
2	sit	past	the families	warm property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	laugh	past	the families not said here	by the fire; together property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Glad they had no families of their own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Glad	glad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 families	det
5	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 own	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 own	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 families	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Glad	no families of families's own					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wistful, being far from home themselves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wistful	wistful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 home	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Wistful	punct
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 home	cop
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 home	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 home	case
6	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	6 home	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund				Wistful home		themselves = they nmod:unmarked; far property	tree rules

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