Test 4 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 3: Wayfarers All…

Why does the Water Rat answer «without his usual whole-hearted conviction»?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Water Rat, Rat · What happens: answer, convict · To what, where: usual hearted conviction

This is test 4 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 answer	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 answer	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
4	Water	Water	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Rat	compound
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 answer	nsubj
6	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 conviction	punct
8	without	without	ADP	_	14 conviction	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 conviction	nmod:poss
10	usual	usual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 conviction	amod
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 hearted	amod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 whole	punct
13	hearted	hearted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 conviction	amod
14	conviction	conviction	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 answer	obj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 conviction	punct
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	present · do-support	the Water Rat	Rat's usual hearted conviction					vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent conviction=Eventuality
2	convict in a quote		Rat						nom conviction «cognition transitive»: 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

The stranger has already stirred a longing in him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stranger	det
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stirred	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stirred	aux
4	already	already	ADV	_	5 stirred	advmod
5	stirred	stir	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 longing	det
7	longing	longing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stirred	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 longing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stir	present · perfect · passive		the stranger					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer longing=Result

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He has already decided to join the stranger on his walk south along the lane tomorrow morning at dawn

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 decided	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 decided	aux
3	already	already	ADV	_	4 decided	advmod
4	decided	decide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 join	mark
6	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 decided	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stranger	det
8	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 join	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 walk	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 walk	nmod:poss
11	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 join	obl
12	south	south	ADV	_	11 walk	advmod
13	along	along	ADP	_	17 morning	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 morning	det
15	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 morning	compound
16	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 morning	compound
17	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 join	obl
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 dawn	case
19	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 join	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	decide	present · perfect	He				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	join not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the stranger	his walk	dawn; morning	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Patient
3	walk		his = he				nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The swallows have already stirred a longing in him, and he cannot even say why the sea calls so strongly

The tree, 21 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 stirred	nsubj:pass
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stirred	aux
4	already	already	ADV	_	5 stirred	advmod
5	stirred	stir	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 longing	det
7	longing	longing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stirred	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 longing	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 say	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 say	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 say	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 say	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 say	advmod
15	even	even	ADV	_	16 say	advmod
16	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 stirred	parataxis
17	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	20 calls	advmod
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sea	det
19	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 calls	nsubj
20	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 say	ccomp
21	so	so	ADV	_	22 strongly	advmod
22	strongly	strongly	ADV	_	20 calls	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stir	present · perfect · passive		the swallows		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer longing=Result
2	not say speech: assert	can	he			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	call	present	the sea		strongly property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The swallows have already stirred a longing in him

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 stirred	nsubj:pass
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stirred	aux
4	already	already	ADV	_	5 stirred	advmod
5	stirred	stir	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 longing	det
7	longing	longing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stirred	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 longing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stir	present · perfect · passive		the swallows					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer longing=Result

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