Test 10 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Ad…

Looking back: in chapter I, «Brown little face, with whiskers... It was the Water Rat!» What is the same now?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: chapter · What happens: look back, be · To what, where: Water Rat

This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 64 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Adventures of Toad (the horse-pond, the chase and a face in the bank)» 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 I, «Brown little face, with whiskers...

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 face	csubj
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	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 chapter	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 face	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 face	punct
9	Brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 face	amod
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 face	amod
11	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 whiskers	punct
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 whiskers	case
14	whiskers	whisker	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 face	nmod
15	...	...	PUNCT	_	11 face	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund						in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=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.

Sentence 2: It was the Water Rat!»

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	5 Rat	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Rat	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
4	Water	Water	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Rat	compound
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 Rat	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 Rat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	chapter	the Water Rat					tree rules

Sentence 3: What is the same now?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 same	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 same	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 same	det
4	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 same	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 same	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

The same words describe Rat's face appearing in his hole — now for Toad

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 words	det
2	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 words	amod
3	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 describe	nsubj
4	describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 face	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Rat	case
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describe	obj
8	appearing	appear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 face	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 hole	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 hole	nmod:poss
11	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 appearing	obl
12	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 describe	punct
13	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 describe	advmod
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 Toad	case
15	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 describe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	the same words	Rat's face			now	for Toad	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent face=Theme
2	appear	gerund	Rat's face not said here			Rat's hole			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hole=Location

Option 2

Toad's face looks the same

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 face	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Toad	case
3	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looks	nsubj
4	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 same	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 looks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	Toad's face	the same					vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme same=Attribute

Option 3

The Rat is describing the Mole's own face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 describing	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 describing	aux
4	describing	describe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Mole	det
6	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 face	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Mole	case
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 face	amod
9	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present · progressive	the Rat	the Mole's own face					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent face=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Toad is now the one looking through the hole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 one	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 one	cop
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 one	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 one	det
5	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 one	acl
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 hole	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hole	det
9	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Toad	the one			now		tree rules
2	look	gerund	the one not said here					through the hole	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through hole=Theme

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