Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Ad…

Looking back: in chapter I, how did the Mole first see the Rat?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Looking · What happens: look back, see · To what, where: Rat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★★ 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	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 see	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	_	9 did	punct
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 did	advmod
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 see	aux
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Mole	det
11	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 did	obj
12	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 see	advmod
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Rat	det
15	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 see	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 see	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
2	see	past · do-support	Looking	the Rat				first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rat=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

A brown face peering from a tunnel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 face	det
2	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 face	amod
3	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	peering	peer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 face	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 tunnel	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tunnel	det
7	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 peering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peer	gerund	a brown face not said here					from a tunnel	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from tunnel=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A twinkle in a hole in the bank, then a face growing round it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 twinkle	det
2	twinkle	twinkle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 hole	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hole	det
5	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 twinkle	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 bank	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bank	det
8	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hole	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 face	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 face	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 face	det
12	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 twinkle	conj
13	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 face	acl
14	round	round	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 growing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	gerund	a face not said here					round face	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

A twinkle in the middle of a hole in the bank, and a brown face with whiskers gradually appearing round it

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 twinkle	det
2	twinkle	twinkle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 middle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 middle	det
5	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 twinkle	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 hole	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hole	det
8	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 middle	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 bank	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bank	det
11	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hole	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 face	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 face	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 face	det
15	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 face	amod
16	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 twinkle	conj
17	with	with	ADP	_	18 whiskers	case
18	whiskers	whisker	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 face	nmod
19	gradually	gradually	ADV	_	20 appearing	advmod
20	appearing	appear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 twinkle	acl
21	round	round	ADP	_	22 it	case
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 appearing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appear	gerund	a twinkle in the middle of a hole in the bank and a brown face with whiskers not said here					round face; gradually property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

A twinkle in a hole in the bank, then a whole face growing round it, with a brown little body and a rat's tail

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 twinkle	det
2	twinkle	twinkle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hole	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 hole	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hole	det
5	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 bank	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bank	det
8	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hole	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 face	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 face	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 face	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 face	amod
13	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hole	parataxis
14	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 face	acl
15	round	round	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 growing	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 body	punct
18	with	with	ADP	_	22 body	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 body	det
20	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 body	amod
21	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 body	amod
22	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hole	parataxis
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 tail	cc
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 rat	det
25	rat	rat	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 tail	nmod:poss
26	's	's	PART	_	25 rat	case
27	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 body	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	gerund	a whole face not said here					round twinkle	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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