Test 14 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer…

Looking back: how is this rescue like the Mole's first day on the river in chapter I?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: look back, be · To what, where: rescue

This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 65 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (home at the Rat's, a telling-off, and bad news)» 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	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 rescue	punct
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 rescue	advmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rescue	cop
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 rescue	det
7	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
8	like	like	ADP	_	13 day	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Mole	det
10	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 day	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Mole	case
12	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 day	amod
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rescue	nmod
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 river	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 river	det
16	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 chapter	case
18	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 river	conj
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 chapter	nsubj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund						on the river and chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on river=Theme
2	is a	present		this rescue			day		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 · ✓ the right answer

Both times the Rat pulls a wet, sorry animal out of the river and looks after him

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 times	det
2	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pulls	nsubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 pulls	nsubj
5	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 animal	det
7	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 animal	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wet	punct
9	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 animal	amod
10	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pulls	obj
11	out	out	ADP	_	14 river	case
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 river	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 river	det
14	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pulls	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 looks	cc
16	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pulls	conj
17	after	after	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 looks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	present	both times	a wet sorry animal		the river			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent animal=Theme out river=Initial_Location
2	look	present	both times not said here				after Rat		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Both times the Otter fishes someone out and gives them a meal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 times	det
2	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fishes	nsubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Otter	det
4	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 fishes	nsubj
5	fishes	fish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 fishes	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	5 fishes	compound:prt
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gives	cc
9	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fishes	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gives	iobj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 meal	det
12	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fish out	present	both times	someone					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
2	give	present	both times not said here	a meal	them = they				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient meal=Theme

Option 3

In both cases the Mole is lost and the Rat finds him on the bank

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cases	case
2	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 cases	det
3	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lost	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mole	det
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lost	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lost	aux:pass
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 finds	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Rat	det
10	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 finds	nsubj
11	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lost	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 finds	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 bank	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bank	det
15	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 finds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present · passive		the Mole		both cases			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	find	present	the Rat	him = he		the bank			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

In both chapters an animal falls in the river, and the Rat rescues him, and they walk home together afterwards

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 chapters	case
2	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 chapters	det
3	chapters	chapter	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 falls	obl
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 falls	nsubj
6	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 falls	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 rescues	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 rescues	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Rat	det
13	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 rescues	nsubj
14	rescues	rescue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 falls	conj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 rescues	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 walk	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 walk	cc
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 walk	nsubj
19	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 falls	conj
20	home	home	ADV	_	19 walk	advmod
21	together	together	ADV	_	19 walk	advmod
22	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	19 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fall	present	a animal		both chapters	in the river	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in chapter=Location
2	rescue	present	the Rat	animal			vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	walk	present	chapters = chapter			afterwards, home, together property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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