Test 17 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer…

★★★ Toad says «The worst is over» BEFORE he hears the full story. Why is that a trap for the reader?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★ ★, worst, ★ · What happens: say, be, hear · To what, where: full story, trap · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: ★★★ Toad says «The worst is over» BEFORE he hears the full story.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ★	compound
2	★	★	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	★	★	ADP	_	4 Toad	case
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ★	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 over	punct
7	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 worst	det
8	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 over	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 over	cop
10	over	over	ADV	_	5 says	ccomp
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 over	punct
12	BEFORE	before	SCONJ	_	14 hears	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 hears	nsubj
14	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 story	det
16	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 story	amod
17	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hears	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	★ ★ ★ Toad			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	the worst		over property	tree rules
3	hear	present	★	the full story		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=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.

Sentence 2: Why is that a trap for the reader?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 trap	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 trap	cop
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 trap	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 trap	det
5	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 reader	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reader	det
8	reader	reader	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trap	nmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 trap	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a trap				for the reader	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The worst — the attack on Mole and Badger and the loss of the Hall — is still to be told

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 worst	det
2	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
3	—	-	PUNCT	_	5 attack	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 attack	det
5	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 worst	parataxis
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 Mole	case
7	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 attack	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Badger	cc
9	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Mole	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 loss	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 loss	det
12	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attack	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 Hall	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Hall	det
15	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 loss	nmod
16	—	-	PUNCT	_	2 worst	punct
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 told	cop
18	still	still	ADV	_	21 told	advmod
19	to	to	PART	_	21 told	mark
20	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	21 told	aux:pass
21	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 worst	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present · passive					still	tell property	tree rules

Option 2

The worst is over, so the reader can relax and enjoy the rest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 worst	det
2	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 over	cop
4	over	over	ADV	_	2 worst	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 relax	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 relax	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reader	det
8	reader	reader	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relax	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 relax	aux
10	relax	relax	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 worst	parataxis
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 enjoy	cc
12	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 relax	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rest	det
14	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 enjoy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present			over property	tree rules
2	relax	can	the reader			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	enjoy	infinitive	the reader not said here	the rest		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rest=Stimulus

Option 3

The worst — the attack on Mole and Badger and the loss of the Hall — has already happened and Toad will soon recover from it

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 worst	det
2	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
3	—	-	PUNCT	_	5 attack	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 attack	det
5	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 worst	parataxis
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 Mole	case
7	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 attack	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Badger	cc
9	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Mole	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 loss	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 loss	det
12	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attack	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 Hall	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Hall	det
15	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 loss	nmod
16	—	-	PUNCT	_	19 happened	punct
17	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 happened	aux
18	already	already	ADV	_	19 happened	advmod
19	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 worst	parataxis
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 recover	cc
21	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 recover	nsubj
22	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 recover	aux
23	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	24 recover	advmod
24	recover	recover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 happened	conj
25	from	from	ADP	_	26 it	case
26	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 recover	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present · perfect							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	recover	future	Toad			Hall		soon property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from it=Source

Option 4

Toad is wrong, and the Hall has already been returned to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 returned	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 returned	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Hall	det
7	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 returned	nsubj
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 returned	aux
9	already	already	ADV	_	11 returned	advmod
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 returned	aux:pass
11	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 wrong	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Toad					wrong property	tree rules
2	return	present · perfect · passive		the Hall	Toad				vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to he=Destination

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