Test 14 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Ad…

Why might Toad be so desperate to reach Toad Hall quickly?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Toad · What happens: be, reach · To what, where: Toad Hall

This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 61 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Adventures of Toad (free, the canal and the barge-woman's washing)» 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	6 desperate	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 desperate	aux
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 desperate	nsubj
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 desperate	cop
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 desperate	advmod
6	desperate	desperate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 reach	mark
8	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 desperate	advcl
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Hall	compound
10	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 reach	obj
11	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	8 reach	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 desperate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	might	Toad					desperate property	tree rules
2	reach	to-infinitive	Toad not said here	Toad Hall				quickly property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent hall=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice

He wants to surprise his servants and his friends 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	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 surprise	mark
4	surprise	surprise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 servants	nmod:poss
6	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 surprise	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 friends	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 friends	nmod:poss
9	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 servants	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 home	case
11	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 surprise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	surprise not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	his servants and his friends		home			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus servant=Experiencer

Option 2

His friends at the hall are expecting a grand party tonight and he has nothing to wear at all

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friends	nmod:poss
2	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 expecting	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 hall	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hall	det
5	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 friends	nmod
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 expecting	aux
7	expecting	expect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tonight	det
9	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 party	amod
10	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tonight	compound
11	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 expecting	obl:unmarked
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 has	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 has	nsubj
14	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 expecting	conj
15	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	14 has	obj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 wear	mark
17	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 nothing	acl
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 all	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 wear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	expect	present · progressive	His friends at the hall			tonight	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	have	present	he	nothing			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient
3	wear	to-infinitive	he not said here	nothing not said here	all		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at all=Source

Option 3

He has promised his daughter he would be home by dinner, and the barge-woman has hurried him along the canal

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 promised	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 promised	aux
3	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 daughter	nmod:poss
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 promised	obj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 home	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 home	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 home	cop
9	home	home	ADV	_	3 promised	advmod
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 dinner	case
11	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 home	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 hurried	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 hurried	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 woman	det
15	barge	barge	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 woman	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 barge	punct
17	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 hurried	nsubj:pass
18	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 hurried	aux
19	hurried	hurry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 promised	conj
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 hurried	obj
21	along	along	ADP	_	23 canal	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 canal	det
23	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 hurried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	present · perfect	He		his daughter		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme
2	is	would	he			by dinner; home property	tree rules
3	hurry	present · perfect · passive		the barge woman		along the canal	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He has no money, he is hungry, and the police may be hunting him

The tree, 14 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	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 money	det
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hungry	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hungry	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hungry	cop
8	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 has	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 hunting	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 hunting	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 police	det
12	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 hunting	nsubj
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 hunting	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 hunting	aux
15	hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 has	advcl
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 hunting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	He	no money		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient
2	is	present	he		hungry property	tree rules
3	hunt	may · progressive	the police	him = he		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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