Test 13 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All…

Looking back: in chapter I, the Mole knew nothing of boats or rivers. How has he changed by now?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Mole · What happens: look back, know, change · To what, where: nothing, chapter

This is test 13 · ★ 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 Mole knew nothing of boats or rivers.

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	_	10 knew	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 knew	obl
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 knew	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 knew	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Mole	det
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 knew	nsubj
10	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Looking	conj
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 knew	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 boats	case
13	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 nothing	nmod
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 rivers	cc
15	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 boats	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	know	past	I	nothing		chapter			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=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: How has he changed by now?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 changed	advmod
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 changed	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 changed	nsubj
4	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 now	case
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 changed	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 changed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present · perfect	Mole						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He still knows nothing of rivers or boats and sits at home

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 knows	nsubj
2	still	still	ADV	_	3 knows	advmod
3	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 knows	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 rivers	case
6	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 nothing	nmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 boats	cc
8	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rivers	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sits	cc
10	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 knows	conj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 home	case
12	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	He	nothing			still		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus
2	sit	present	He not said here			home			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at home=Location

Option 2

He is now a sailor

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	5 sailor	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sailor	cop
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 sailor	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sailor	det
5	sailor	sailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	a sailor			now		tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He is wise and calm enough to rescue and comfort his teacher

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 wise	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wise	cop
3	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 calm	cc
5	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wise	conj
6	enough	enough	ADV	_	3 wise	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 rescue	mark
8	rescue	rescue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wise	csubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 comfort	cc
10	comfort	comfort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 rescue	conj
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 teacher	nmod:poss
12	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 comfort	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		enough, wise property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here			tree rules
3	rescue	to-infinitive				vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	comfort	infinitive		his teacher		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus teacher=Experiencer

Option 4

He is still scared

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	4 scared	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 scared	cop
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 scared	advmod
4	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He				still	scared property	tree rules

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