Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Ad…
Looking back: in chapter II, the old grey horse pulled Toad's caravan «without having been consulted». What happened to that caravan?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old grey horse · What happens: look back, pull, consult, happen · To what, where: caravan
This is test 9 · ★★★ 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: in chapter II, the old grey horse pulled Toad's caravan «without having been consulted».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 pulled | 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 | II | II | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 5 chapter | flat |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Looking | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 horse | det |
| 9 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 horse | amod |
| 10 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 horse | amod |
| 11 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 pulled | nsubj |
| 12 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 caravan | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 Toad | case |
| 15 | caravan | caravan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 pulled | obj |
| 16 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 20 consulted | punct |
| 17 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 20 consulted | mark |
| 18 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 consulted | aux |
| 19 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 20 consulted | aux:pass |
| 20 | consulted | consult | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 pulled | conj |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 20 consulted | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 pulled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | the old grey horse not said here | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pull | past | the old grey horse | Toad's caravan | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caravan=Theme | ||||
| 3 | consult in a quote | gerund · perfect · passive | the old grey horse not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V» |
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 happened to that caravan?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 caravan | case |
| 4 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 caravan | det |
| 5 | caravan | caravan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 happened | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | to that caravan | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It was sold for scrap.
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 | 3 sold | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sold | aux:pass |
| 3 | sold | sell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 scrap | case |
| 5 | scrap | scrap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sold | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sold | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | past · passive | It | for scrap | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for scrap=Asset |
Option 2
It was wrecked.
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 | 3 wrecked | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrecked | aux:pass |
| 3 | wrecked | wreck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrecked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wreck | past · passive | It | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
A motor-car crashed into it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 car | det |
| 2 | motor | motor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 car | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 motor | punct |
| 4 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 crashed | nsubj |
| 5 | crashed | crash | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 crashed | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 crashed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crash | past | a motor car | into it result | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into it=Result |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A motor-car frightened the horse and the caravan ended in a ditch, a wreck
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 car | det |
| 2 | motor | motor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 car | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 motor | punct |
| 4 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 frightened | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 horse | det |
| 7 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 frightened | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 ended | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 caravan | det |
| 10 | caravan | caravan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ended | nsubj |
| 11 | ended | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 frightened | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 ditch | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 ditch | det |
| 14 | ditch | ditch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ended | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 wreck | punct |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 wreck | det |
| 17 | wreck | wreck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 ditch | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frighten | past · passive | a motor car | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer horse=Result | |||||
| 2 | end | past | the caravan | a ditch and a wreck | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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