Test 16 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All…

★★★ Careful: the Sea Rat says he left the sea when spring came, and tried the farm for «six months». What season should it be now — and is that what the chapter shows?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, Rat, spring, season, chapter · What happens: say, leave, come, try, be, show · To what, where: sea, farm · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: ★★★ Careful: the Sea Rat says he left the sea when spring came, and tried the farm for «six months».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	ADP	_	4 Careful	case
4	Careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 ★	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rat	det
7	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Rat	compound
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 left	nsubj
11	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 says	ccomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sea	det
13	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 left	obj
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 came	advmod
15	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 came	nsubj
16	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 left	advcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 tried	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 tried	cc
19	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 left	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 farm	det
21	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tried	obj
22	for	for	ADP	_	25 months	case
23	«	«	PUNCT	_	25 months	punct
24	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	25 months	nummod
25	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 tried	obl
26	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 left	punct
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	★ ★ Careful			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	leave	past	Rat	the sea		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Theme
3	come	past	spring			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	try	past	Rat not said here	the farm	month	vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farm=Eventuality

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 season should it be now — and is that what the chapter shows?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 season	det
2	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 what	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 it	aux
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 season	nmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 it	cop
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 be	advmod
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	11 what	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 what	cc
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 what	cop
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 what	mark
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 chapter	det
13	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shows	nsubj
14	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 what	acl:relcl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	should		farm	tree rules
2	is a	present	what season		tree rules
3	show	present	the chapter		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Early spring, no, the birds are still arriving here

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 spring	amod
2	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 arriving	punct
4	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	10 arriving	discourse
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 no	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 birds	det
7	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 arriving	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 arriving	aux
9	still	still	ADV	_	10 arriving	advmod
10	arriving	arrive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 spring	conj
11	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 arriving	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	present · progressive	the birds			here	still		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Late summer, turning to autumn — yes, the birds are leaving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 summer	amod
2	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 leaving	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 turning	punct
4	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 summer	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 autumn	case
6	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turning	obl
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	11 birds	punct
8	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	11 birds	discourse
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 yes	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 birds	det
11	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 leaving	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 leaving	aux
13	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	gerund	Late summer not said here				autumn		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	leave	present · progressive	Late summer						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Late autumn, and the birds have not yet flown south

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 autumn	amod
2	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 flown	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 flown	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 birds	det
6	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 flown	nsubj:pass
7	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 flown	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 flown	advmod
9	yet	yet	ADV	_	10 flown	advmod
10	flown	fly	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 autumn	acl:relcl
11	south	south	ADV	_	10 flown	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not fly	present · perfect · passive	Late autumn not said here	the birds			yet	south property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Spring, yes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Spring	punct
3	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	1 Spring	discourse

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

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