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Test 13 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Ad…

Looking back: after escaping in chapter VI, Toad called his trick «brain against brute force». How does this part show the same Toad?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Toad, part · What happens: look back, escape, call, trick, show · To what, where: chapter, trick, same Toad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 62 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Adventures of Toad (into the canal, the stolen horse and «a shilling a leg»)» 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: after escaping in chapter VI, Toad called his trick «brain against brute force».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 called	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 escaping	punct
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	5 escaping	mark
5	escaping	escape	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Looking	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 chapter	case
7	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 escaping	obl
8	VI	VI	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	7 chapter	flat
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 called	nsubj
11	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 trick	nmod:poss
13	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 called	obj
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 brain	punct
15	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 trick	conj
16	against	against	ADP	_	18 force	case
17	brute	brute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 force	amod
18	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 brain	nmod
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 brain	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Toad not said here						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	escape	gerund	Toad not said here			chapter			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	call	past	Toad	Toad's trick and brain against brute force					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent trick=Recipient
4	trick		Toad						nom trick «act transitive»: poss=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: How does this part show the same Toad?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 show	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 show	aux
3	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 part	det
4	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 show	nsubj
5	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Toad	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Toad	amod
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 show	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · do-support	this part		the same Toad				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent toad=Recipient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He is still clever.

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

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

Option 2

He again thinks he can lie his way out.

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 thinks	nsubj
2	again	again	ADV	_	3 thinks	advmod
3	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lie	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 lie	aux
6	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 thinks	ccomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 way	nmod:poss
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lie	obj
9	out	out	ADV	_	6 lie	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	He				again		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	lie out	can	he	his way				out property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He again thinks his cleverness wins, even when it is really stealing and lying

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	3 thinks	nsubj
2	again	again	ADV	_	3 thinks	advmod
3	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 cleverness	nmod:poss
5	cleverness	cleverness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wins	nsubj
6	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 thinks	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stealing	punct
8	even	even	ADV	_	13 stealing	advmod
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 stealing	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 stealing	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 stealing	cop
12	really	really	ADV	_	13 stealing	advmod
13	stealing	steal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 thinks	parataxis
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 lying	cc
15	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 stealing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	He				again		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	win	present	his cleverness						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	cleverness					steal property	tree rules
4	lie	gerund	cleverness not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He still thinks he is clever.

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 thinks	nsubj
2	still	still	ADV	_	3 thinks	advmod
3	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 clever	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 clever	cop
6	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 thinks	ccomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	He				still		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	he					clever property	tree rules

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