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Test 14 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All…

Looking back: in chapter III, the Rat sat by the fire «trying over rhymes that wouldn't fit». What does the Mole use that love of his now for?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat, rhymes, Mole · What happens: look back, sit, try, not fit, use · To what, where: rhymes, love

This is test 14 · ★ 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 III, the Rat sat by the fire «trying over rhymes that wouldn't fit».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 sat	advcl
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	III	III	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Rat	det
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 sat	nsubj
10	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 fire	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fire	det
13	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sat	obl
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 trying	punct
15	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 sat	advcl
16	over	over	ADP	_	17 rhymes	case
17	rhymes	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 trying	obl
18	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 fit	nsubj
19	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 fit	aux
20	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 fit	advmod
21	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 rhymes	acl:relcl
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 trying	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Rat not said here					in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	sit	past	the Rat					by the fire	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location
3	try in a quote	gerund	the Rat not said here			rhymes			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	not fit in a quote	would	rhymes						vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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 does the Mole use that love of his now for?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 use	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 use	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	nsubj
5	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 love	det
7	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 for	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 for	nmod:poss
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 for	advmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	7 love	acl:relcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · do-support	the Mole	that love					tree rules

The options

Option 1

To compose a long poem about the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 compose	mark
2	compose	compose	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 poem	det
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 poem	amod
5	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 compose	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 poem	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	to-infinitive		a long poem				about the sea	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Result

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To help him heal, with a pencil and paper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 help	mark
2	help	help	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 help	obj
4	heal	heal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 help	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pencil	punct
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 pencil	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pencil	det
8	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 help	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 paper	cc
10	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pencil	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	to-infinitive		him = he				with a pencil and paper	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	heal	infinitive	him = he not said here						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

To write letters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 write	mark
2	write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 write	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	to-infinitive		letters					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme

Option 4

To teach the Badger how to rhyme

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 teach	mark
2	teach	teach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Badger	det
4	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 teach	obj
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 rhyme	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 rhyme	mark
7	rhyme	rhyme	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 teach	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	to-infinitive			the Badger				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent badger=Recipient clause=Topic
2	rhyme	to-infinitive							vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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