Test 10 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All…

Looking back: in chapter I, the Rat said the Wide World «doesn't matter, either to you or me». What nearly happened today?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, Wide World · What happens: look back, say, not matter, happen · To what, where: chapter, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 60 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All (the spell, the Mole and the cure)» 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: Looking back: in chapter I, the Rat said the Wide World «doesn't matter, either to you or me».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Rat	det
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chapter	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 World	det
12	Wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 World	amod
13	World	World	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 matter	nsubj
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 matter	punct
15	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 matter	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 matter	advmod
17	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 said	ccomp
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 you	punct
19	either	either	CCONJ	_	21 you	cc:preconj
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 you	case
21	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 matter	obl
22	or	or	CCONJ	_	23 me	cc
23	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	21 you	conj
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 matter	punct
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund				in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	I	chapter not said here			tree rules
3	not matter in a quote	present · do-support	the Wide World		you		vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to you=Experiencer

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 nearly happened today?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happened	nsubj
2	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	3 happened	advmod
3	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happened	obl:unmarked
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past					today	nearly property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

He nearly drowned in the river while trying to reach the Sea Rat's ship before it sailed out of the harbour

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	3 drowned	nsubj
2	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	3 drowned	advmod
3	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 river	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drowned	obl
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 trying	mark
8	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 drowned	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 reach	mark
10	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 trying	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Rat	det
12	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Rat	compound
13	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 ship	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Rat	case
15	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reach	obj
16	before	before	SCONJ	_	18 sailed	mark
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 sailed	nsubj
18	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drowned	advcl
19	out	out	ADP	_	22 harbour	case
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 harbour	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 harbour	det
22	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sailed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	drown	past	He		the river	nearly property	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	try	gerund	He not said here				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	reach not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the Sea Rat's ship			vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ship=Theme
4	sail	past	ship		the harbour		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out harbour=Trajectory

Option 2

He nearly set off into the Wide World himself, leaving his home and the Mole behind forever on a sea voyage

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 set	nsubj
2	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	3 set	advmod
3	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 set	compound:prt
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 World	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 World	det
7	Wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 World	amod
8	World	World	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 set	obl
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 set	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 leaving	punct
11	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 set	advcl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 home	nmod:poss
13	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 leaving	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 Mole	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Mole	det
16	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 home	conj
17	behind	behind	ADV	_	18 forever	advmod
18	forever	forever	ADV	_	11 leaving	advmod
19	on	on	ADP	_	22 voyage	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 voyage	det
21	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 voyage	compound
22	voyage	voyage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 leaving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set off	past	He	himself = he		the Wide World		nearly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into world=Initial_Location
2	leave	gerund	He not said here	his home and the Mole		a sea voyage		forever property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent home=Theme on voyage=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He nearly set off into the Wide World himself

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 set	nsubj
2	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	3 set	advmod
3	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 set	compound:prt
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 World	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 World	det
7	Wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 World	amod
8	World	World	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 set	obl
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set off	past	He	himself = he		the Wide World		nearly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into world=Initial_Location

Option 4

He almost walked out to meet the Badger

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 walked	nsubj
2	almost	almost	ADV	_	3 walked	advmod
3	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADV	_	3 walked	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 meet	mark
6	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 walked	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Badger	det
8	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 meet	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk out	past	He					almost, out property	vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	meet	to-infinitive	He not said here	the Badger					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent badger=Co-Agent

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