Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Ad…

Looking back: in chapter VI, where did Toad first steal this motor-car?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: this · What happens: look back, do, steal, car · To what, where: Toad

This is test 9 · ★★★ 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	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 did	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	VI	VI	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 did	punct
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 did	advmod
9	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 did	obj
11	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 steal	advmod
12	steal	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 did	parataxis
13	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 car	nsubj
14	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 car	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 motor	punct
16	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 steal	ccomp
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund			in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	do	past		Toad		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Eventuality
3	steal	present			first property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	car		this			tree rules

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

From the yard of the Red Lion inn, while its owners sat at their lunch in the parlour upstairs and chatted

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	3 yard	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 yard	det
3	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sat	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 inn	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 inn	det
6	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 inn	compound
7	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 inn	compound
8	inn	Inn	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 yard	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sat	punct
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 sat	mark
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 owners	nmod:poss
12	owners	owner	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 sat	nsubj
13	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 lunch	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 lunch	nmod:poss
16	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sat	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 parlour	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 parlour	det
19	parlour	parlour	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sat	obl
20	upstairs	upstairs	ADV	_	13 sat	advmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 chatted	cc
22	chatted	chat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 sat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	inn's owners			owners's lunch		from the yard of the Red Lion inn; in the parlour; upstairs property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at lunch=Location
2	chat speech: other	participle	inn's owners not said here						vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Outside the Red Lion, while the owners were in town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Outside	outside	ADP	_	4 Lion	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Lion	det
3	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Lion	compound
4	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 town	punct
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 town	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 owners	det
8	owners	owner	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 town	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 town	cop
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 town	case
11	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Lion	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the owners			town			tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

From the yard of the Red Lion, while its owners ate lunch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	3 yard	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 yard	det
3	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ate	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 Lion	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Lion	det
6	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Lion	compound
7	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 yard	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ate	punct
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 ate	mark
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 owners	nmod:poss
11	owners	owner	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 ate	nsubj
12	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	Lion's owners	lunch				from the yard of the Red Lion	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=Patient

Option 4

From the courtyard of an inn, when the owners went out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	3 courtyard	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 courtyard	det
3	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 inn	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 inn	det
6	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 courtyard	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 went	punct
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 went	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 owners	det
10	owners	owner	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	out	out	ADV	_	11 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go out	past	the owners			the courtyard of a inn		out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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