Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Ad…

Why did the people in the car not recognise Toad?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: people · What happens: not recognise · To what, where: Toad

This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 63 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Adventures of Toad (the most conceited song and the very same motor-car)» 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	9 recognise	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 recognise	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 people	det
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 recognise	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 car	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 car	det
7	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 people	nmod
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 recognise	advmod
9	recognise	recognise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 recognise	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 recognise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not recognise	past · do-support	the people in the car	Toad					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer toad=Stimulus

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 · ✓ the right answer

He was in the washerwoman's dress and bonnet, lying in a crumpled heap

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	7 dress	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 dress	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	7 dress	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 washerwoman	det
5	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dress	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 washerwoman	case
7	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bonnet	cc
9	bonnet	bonnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dress	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lying	punct
11	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 dress	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 heap	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 heap	det
14	crumpled	crumple	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 heap	amod
15	heap	heap	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	is	past	He	the washerwoman's dress and bonnet	tree rules
2	lie	gerund	the washerwoman's dress and bonnet not said here	a crumpled heap	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in heap=Location
3	crumple	participle			vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The bonnet hid his face, and he lay crumpled in a heap like a washerwoman

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bonnet	det
2	bonnet	bonnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hid	nsubj
3	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 face	nmod:poss
5	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hid	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 crumpled	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 crumpled	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 crumpled	nsubj
9	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 crumpled	aux:pass
10	crumpled	crumple	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hid	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 heap	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 heap	det
13	heap	heap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 crumpled	obl
14	like	like	ADP	_	16 washerwoman	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 washerwoman	det
16	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 crumpled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	the bonnet	bonnet's face					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient
2	crumple	past · passive		bonnet		a heap		like a washerwoman	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 3

He was dressed in the washerwoman's dress and bonnet, with his face covered, and lay crumpled in a heap by the roadside for a good while

The tree, 27 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 dressed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dressed	aux:pass
3	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 dress	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 washerwoman	det
6	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dress	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 washerwoman	case
8	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dressed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bonnet	cc
10	bonnet	bonnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dress	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 face	punct
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 face	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 face	nmod:poss
14	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dressed	obl
15	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 face	acl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 crumpled	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 crumpled	cc
18	lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 crumpled	aux:pass
19	crumpled	crumple	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dressed	conj
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 heap	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 heap	det
22	heap	heap	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 crumpled	obl
23	by	by	ADP	_	25 roadside	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 roadside	det
25	roadside	roadside	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 crumpled	obl
26	for	for	ADP	_	29 while	case
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 while	det
28	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 while	amod
29	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 crumpled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	past · passive		He	the washerwoman's dress and bonnet		with his face	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	cover	participle		his face not said here				vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	crumple	infinitive · passive	the roadside		a heap	while		vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

He was wearing a bonnet and dress, and lay sprawled in the road

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 wearing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wearing	aux
3	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bonnet	det
5	bonnet	bonnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wearing	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 dress	cc
7	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bonnet	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 lay	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 lay	cc
10	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 wearing	parataxis
11	sprawled	sprawl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 lay	xcomp
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 road	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 road	det
14	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sprawled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	wear	past · progressive	He	a bonnet and dress		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent bonnet=Source
2	lay	infinitive				tree rules
3	sprawl	participle			the road	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in road=Location

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