Test 12 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All…

Looking back: which other traveller in this book loved speed and machines, not ships?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Looking · What happens: look back, traveller, love · To what, where: book, speed

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 59 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All (the voyage and lunch by the road)» 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	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 loved	csubj
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 traveller	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 traveller	nsubj
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 traveller	amod
6	traveller	traveller	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 book	case
8	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 book	det
9	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 traveller	nmod
10	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 loved	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 machines	cc
13	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 speed	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 ships	punct
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 ships	advmod
16	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 speed	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 loved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	look back	gerund				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	traveller				this book	tree rules
3	love	past	Looking	speed and machines and ships		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer speed=Stimulus

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 · ← Mova's choice

The Badger, who rode the fast train all the way to the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Badger	det
2	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 rode	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 rode	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 rode	nsubj
5	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 train	det
7	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 train	amod
8	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rode	obj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 way	det:predet
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 way	det
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rode	obl:unmarked
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 sea	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sea	det
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	the Badger	the fast train		the sea		all way obl:unmarked	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent train=Theme to sea=Trajectory

Option 2

Toad, who drove the motor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 drove	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 drove	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 drove	nsubj
4	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 motor	det
6	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drove	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	past	Toad	the motor					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent motor=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Toad, with his motor-cars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cars	punct
3	with	with	ADP	_	7 cars	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 cars	nmod:poss
5	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cars	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 motor	punct
7	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Toad	conj

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

Option 4

Toad, who loved his motor-cars and sped about the countryside with reckless joy in his cart and aeroplane

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 loved	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 loved	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 loved	nsubj
4	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cars	nmod:poss
6	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cars	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 motor	punct
8	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 loved	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sped	cc
10	sped	speed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 loved	conj
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 countryside	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 countryside	det
13	countryside	countryside	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sped	obl
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 joy	case
15	reckless	reckless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 joy	amod
16	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sped	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 cart	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 cart	nmod:poss
19	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sped	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 aeroplane	cc
21	aeroplane	aeroplane	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 cart	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	past	Toad	Toad's motor cars					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer car=Stimulus
2	speed	past	Toad not said here			Toad's cart and aeroplane		about the countryside; with reckless joy	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about countryside=Trajectory

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