Test 8 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All…

«Rat, do the needful and get lunch, yaar.» (do the needful = do what's needed; yaar = mate) What did the Rat do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat, you · What happens: do, get, need · To what, where: needful, lunch

This is test 8 · ★ 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: «Rat, do the needful and get lunch, yaar.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 do	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct
4	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 needful	det
6	needful	needful	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 get	cc
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 do	conj
9	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 yaar	punct
11	yaar	yaar	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lunch	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do in a quote	infinitive	Rat	the needful					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needful=Eventuality
2	get in a quote	infinitive	Rat not said here	lunch and yaar					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lunch=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.

Sentence 2: (do the needful = do what's needed; yaar = mate) What did the Rat do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 needful	det
4	needful	needful	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 do	obj
5	=	=	SYM	_	6 do	punct
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 do	conj
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 needed	nsubj:pass
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 needed	aux:pass
9	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 do	advcl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 yaar	punct
11	yaar	yaar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 do	advcl
12	=	=	SYM	_	13 mate	punct
13	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 yaar	vocative
14	)	)	PUNCT	_	11 yaar	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 do	obj
16	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 do	aux
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Rat	det
18	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 do	nsubj
19	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 yaar	ccomp
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here	the needful	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needful=Eventuality
2	do	infinitive	you not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	need	present · passive			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme
4	do	past · do-support	the Rat		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Fetched a basket and packed a meal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fetched	fetch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 basket	det
3	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fetched	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 packed	cc
5	packed	pack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Fetched	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 meal	det
7	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 packed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fetch	past		a basket					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basket=Theme
2	pack	past		a meal					vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme meal=Destination

Option 2

He called the field-mice and sent them to the village market for a basket of fresh fish and cheese

The tree, 20 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	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mice	det
4	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mice	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 field	punct
6	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 called	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sent	cc
8	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sent	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 market	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 market	det
12	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 market	compound
13	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sent	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 basket	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 basket	det
16	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sent	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 fish	case
18	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 fish	amod
19	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 basket	nmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 cheese	cc
21	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 fish	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	He		the field mice				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mouse=Recipient
2	send	past	He not said here	mice = mouse		the village market		for a basket of fresh fish and cheese	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to market=Destination

Option 3

Opened the cupboard and sat down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cupboard	det
3	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Opened	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sat	cc
5	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Opened	conj
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 sat	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past		the cupboard					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cupboard=Theme
2	sit down	past							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He told the stranger to find his own lunch, then went off to fetch the wine and some bread from the cellar

The tree, 22 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	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stranger	det
4	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	iobj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 find	mark
6	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 told	xcomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 lunch	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lunch	amod
9	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 find	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 went	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 went	advmod
12	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	conj
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 went	compound:prt
14	to	to	PART	_	15 fetch	mark
15	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 went	xcomp
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 wine	det
17	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fetch	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 bread	cc
19	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	20 bread	det
20	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 wine	conj
21	from	from	ADP	_	23 cellar	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 cellar	det
23	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fetch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	He		the stranger			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent stranger=Recipient clause=Topic
2	find not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	his own lunch				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=Topic
3	go off	past	He not said here				then	tree rules
4	fetch	to-infinitive	He not said here	the wine and some bread		the cellar		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent wine=Theme from cellar=Source

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