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

Why does the Mole suggest poetry?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mole · What happens: suggest · To what, where: poetry

This is test 5 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 suggest	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 suggest	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 suggest	nsubj
5	suggest	suggest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	poetry	poetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 suggest	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 suggest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suggest speech: suggest	present · do-support	the Mole	poetry					vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent poetry=Topic

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

It gives the Rat something of his own to do, instead of brooding on the sea, and turns his restless mind toward home and rhyme

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gives	nsubj
2	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 something	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 something	compound
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 gives	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 own	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 own	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 something	nmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 do	mark
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 something	acl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 brooding	punct
12	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	14 brooding	mark
13	of	of	ADP	_	12 instead	fixed
14	brooding	brood	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 gives	advcl
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 sea	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sea	det
17	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 brooding	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 turns	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 turns	cc
20	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 gives	parataxis
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 mind	nmod:poss
22	restless	restless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 mind	amod
23	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 turns	obj
24	toward	toward	ADP	_	25 home	case
25	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 turns	obl
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 rhyme	cc
27	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 home	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	present	It	something			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme
2	do	to-infinitive		something not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	brood	gerund				on the sea	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent on sea=Topic
4	turn	present		his restless mind	home and rhyme		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent mind=Theme toward home=Trajectory
5	mind		his = he				nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Because the Rat loves poems and wants to be famous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 loves	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Rat	det
3	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 loves	nsubj
4	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	poems	poem	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 loves	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wants	cc
7	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 loves	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	10 famous	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 famous	cop
10	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wants	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	love	present	the Rat	poems		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer poem=Stimulus
2	want	present	the Rat not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot
3	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Rat not said here		famous property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The Rat must write a long epic poem about the Sea Rat's voyages across the wide grey ocean and send it to the king

The tree, 25 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 write	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 write	aux
4	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 poem	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 poem	amod
7	epic	epic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 poem	amod
8	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 write	obj
9	about	about	ADP	_	14 voyages	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Rat	det
11	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Rat	compound
12	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 voyages	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Rat	case
14	voyages	voyage	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 poem	nmod
15	across	across	ADP	_	19 ocean	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 ocean	det
17	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 ocean	amod
18	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 ocean	amod
19	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 write	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 send	cc
21	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 write	conj
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 send	obj
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 king	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 king	det
25	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 send	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	write	must	the Rat	a long epic poem		the wide grey ocean	about the Sea Rat's voyages	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent poem=Recipient about voyage=Topic
2	send	infinitive	the Rat not said here	Rat	the king			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to king=Destination
3	voyage		the Sea Rat					nom voyage «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It gives the Rat something of his own to do, instead of brooding

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gives	nsubj
2	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 something	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 something	compound
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 gives	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 own	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 own	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 something	nmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 do	mark
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 something	acl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 brooding	punct
12	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	14 brooding	case
13	of	of	ADP	_	12 instead	fixed
14	brooding	brooding	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	It	something					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme
2	do	to-infinitive		something not said here					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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