Test 7 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Ad…

Why does the song stop at «how very clev——»?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, stop · To what, where: song, clev

This is test 7 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 does	advmod
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stop	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 song	det
4	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
5	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	10 clev	case
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 clev	punct
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 clev	advmod
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 clev	advmod
10	clev	clev	X	_	5 stop	obj
11	—	-	PUNCT	_	5 stop	punct
12	—	-	PUNCT	_	5 stop	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 stop	punct
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the song					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Eventuality
2	stop	present		clev					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality clev=Eventuality

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

He sees the Water Rat coming to help

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	2 sees	nsubj
2	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
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	2 sees	obj
6	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 sees	xcomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 help	mark
8	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 coming	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	see	present	He	the Water Rat	tree rules
2	come	gerund	the Water Rat not said here		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	help	to-infinitive	the Water Rat not said here		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He is suddenly overcome with shame at his own boasting and wishes he had never sung such a silly song at all

The tree, 22 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	4 overcome	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 overcome	aux:pass
3	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	4 overcome	advmod
4	overcome	overcome	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 shame	case
6	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 overcome	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 boasting	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 boasting	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 boasting	amod
10	boasting	boasting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 overcome	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wishes	cc
12	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 overcome	conj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 sung	nsubj
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 sung	aux
15	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	16 sung	advmod
16	sung	sing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 wishes	ccomp
17	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	20 song	det:predet
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 song	det
19	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 song	amod
20	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sung	obj
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 all	case
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 sung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	overcome	present · passive		He	his own boasting	with shame; suddenly property	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	wish	present					vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	not sing speech: express	past · perfect	he	such silly song	all		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme

Option 3

He has forgotten the rest of the verse, so he stops singing and decides to make up a new song instead

The tree, 21 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 forgotten	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forgotten	aux
3	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rest	det
5	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgotten	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 verse	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 verse	det
8	verse	verse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rest	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stops	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 stops	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 stops	nsubj
12	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forgotten	parataxis
13	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 stops	xcomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 decides	cc
15	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 stops	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 make	mark
17	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 decides	xcomp
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 make	compound:prt
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 song	det
20	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 song	amod
21	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 make	obj
22	instead	instead	ADV	_	17 make	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	forget	present · perfect	He	the rest of the verse		tree rules
2	stop	present	he			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	sing speech: express	gerund	he not said here			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	decide	present	he not said here			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	make up not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	a new song	instead property	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme song=Pivot

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He suddenly sees the chauffeur and policemen running towards him

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 sees	nsubj
2	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	3 sees	advmod
3	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 chauffeur	det
5	chauffeur	chauffeur	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sees	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 policemen	cc
7	policemen	policeman	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chauffeur	conj
8	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 policemen	acl
9	towards	towards	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 running	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	He	the chauffeur and policemen				suddenly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chauffeur=Stimulus
2	run	gerund	policemen not said here					towards him = he	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards he=Destination

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