Test 9 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All…

«'Tis but a banging of the door behind you.» What is tricky about that line?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 9 · ★ 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: «'Tis but a banging of the door behind you.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 Tis	punct
2	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 Tis	punct
3	Tis	Tis	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 banging	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 banging	det
6	banging	banging	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Tis	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 door	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 door	det
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 banging	nmod
10	behind	behind	ADP	_	11 you	case
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 door	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 Tis	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 Tis	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: What is tricky about that line?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 tricky	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tricky	cop
3	tricky	tricky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 line	case
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 line	det
6	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tricky	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 tricky	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about that line; tricky property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It makes a huge change sound tiny and easy, even though it means leaving home, friends, and every comfort behind

The tree, 20 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 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sound	det
4	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sound	amod
5	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sound	compound
6	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sound	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 easy	cc
9	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tiny	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 means	punct
11	even	even	ADV	_	14 means	advmod
12	though	though	SCONJ	_	14 means	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 means	nsubj
14	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 makes	parataxis
15	leaving	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 means	xcomp
16	home	home	ADV	_	15 leaving	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 friends	punct
18	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 leaving	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 comfort	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 comfort	cc
21	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	22 comfort	det
22	comfort	comfort	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	parataxis
23	behind	behind	ADV	_	2 makes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	a huge change sound	behind property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material sound=Product
2	mean	present	sound			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	leave not said to happen	gerund	sound not said here	friends	home property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It hides the Sea Rat's true intentions behind a rhyme about doors, so the Rat cannot hear the danger in it

The tree, 23 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 hides	nsubj
2	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
4	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Rat	compound
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 intentions	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Rat	case
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 intentions	amod
8	intentions	intention	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hides	obj
9	behind	behind	ADP	_	11 rhyme	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 rhyme	det
11	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hides	obl
12	about	about	ADP	_	13 doors	case
13	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 rhyme	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 hear	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	20 hear	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Rat	det
17	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 hear	nsubj
18	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 hear	aux
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 hear	advmod
20	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hides	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 danger	det
22	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 hear	obj
23	in	in	ADP	_	24 it	case
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 hear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hide	present	It	the Sea Rat's true intentions	a rhyme about doors	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent intention=Patient behind rhyme=Location
2	not hear	can	the Rat	the danger	danger	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer danger=Stimulus
3	intend		the Sea Rat			nom intention «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It makes a huge change sound tiny and easy

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 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sound	det
4	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sound	amod
5	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sound	compound
6	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 easy	cc
9	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tiny	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	a huge change sound				tiny property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material sound=Product

Option 4

It makes a tiny door sound like a huge wall

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 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sound	det
4	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sound	amod
5	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sound	compound
6	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 wall	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 wall	det
9	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 wall	amod
10	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sound	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	a tiny door sound				like a huge wall	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material sound=Product

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