Test 5 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All…

Why does the Sea Rat stop mid-sentence: «Well, well, we won't linger over that now» and later «my pangs have been extreme»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sea Rat, we, pangs · What happens: stop, not linger, be · To what, where: mid-sentence, that

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 stop	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stop	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
4	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Rat	compound
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 stop	nsubj
6	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	mid-sentence	mid-sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stop	obj
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 stop	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 linger	punct
10	Well	well	INTJ	_	17 linger	discourse
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Well	punct
12	well	well	INTJ	_	17 linger	discourse
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 well	punct
14	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 linger	nsubj
15	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 linger	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 linger	advmod
17	linger	linger	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 stop	conj
18	over	over	ADP	_	19 that	case
19	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 linger	obl
20	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 linger	advmod
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 linger	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 extreme	cc
23	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	29 extreme	advmod
24	«	«	PUNCT	_	29 extreme	punct
25	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 pangs	nmod:poss
26	pangs	pang	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 extreme	nsubj
27	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 extreme	aux
28	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	29 extreme	cop
29	extreme	extreme	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stop	conj
30	»	»	PUNCT	_	29 extreme	punct
31	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present · do-support	the Sea Rat	mid-sentence				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector mid-sentence=Eventuality
2	not linger in a quote	future	we		that	now		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over that=Location
3	is in a quote	present · perfect	my pangs				extreme, late property	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 · ← Mova's choice

The Rat has interrupted him so often that he has lost his place in the story and must start again

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 interrupted	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 interrupted	aux
4	interrupted	interrupt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 interrupted	obj
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 often	advmod
7	often	often	ADV	_	4 interrupted	advmod
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 lost	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 lost	nsubj
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 lost	aux
11	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 interrupted	advcl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 place	nmod:poss
13	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lost	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 story	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 story	det
16	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lost	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 start	cc
18	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 start	aux
19	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 interrupted	conj
20	again	again	ADV	_	19 start	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	interrupt	present · perfect	the Rat	him = he			often property	tree rules
2	lose	present · perfect	Rat	Rat's place	the story			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Eventuality
3	start	must	the Rat not said here			again		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

He is trying to make the Rat feel guilty for eating the last of the bread and cheese in the hole

The tree, 21 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	3 trying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 trying	aux
3	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trying	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Rat	det
7	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 make	obj
8	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 make	xcomp
9	guilty	guilty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 feel	xcomp
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 eating	mark
11	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 guilty	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 last	det
13	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 eating	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 bread	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bread	det
16	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 last	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 cheese	cc
18	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bread	conj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 hole	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 hole	det
21	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 eating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	try	present · progressive	He				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	make not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the Rat			tree rules
3	feel not said to happen	infinitive	the Rat not said here			guilty property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
4	eat	gerund	the Rat not said here	the last	the hole		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent last=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Talking about food has made him very hungry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 made	csubj
2	about	about	ADP	_	3 food	case
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Talking	obl
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	obj
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 hungry	advmod
8	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	gerund						about food	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about food=Topic
2	make	present · perfect	Talking	him = he				hungry property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product

Option 4

He has a sore stomach from the sea

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	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stomach	det
4	sore	sore	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stomach	amod
5	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stomach	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	He	a sore stomach		the sea			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stomach=Patient

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