Test 2 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer…

Why does the Rat say «looking like a gentleman if you can»?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: do, say, look · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 does	advmod
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 looking	punct
7	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 say	ccomp
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 gentleman	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 gentleman	det
10	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 looking	obl
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 can	mark
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 can	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 looking	advcl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 looking	punct
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	present	the Rat not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the Rat		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	look in a quote	gerund		like a gentleman	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

Toad, a rich gentleman, looks a shabby, muddy, dripping mess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 looks	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 gentleman	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 gentleman	det
4	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gentleman	amod
5	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Toad	appos
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Toad	punct
7	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 mess	det
9	shabby	shabby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 mess	amod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shabby	punct
11	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 mess	amod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 dripping	punct
13	dripping	drip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 mess	amod
14	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 looks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	Toad	a shabby muddy dripping mess					vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mess=Attribute
2	drip	gerund							vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Toad, who is normally a rich and fashionable gentleman, looks like a wet washerwoman in a dress

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 looks	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 gentleman	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 gentleman	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 gentleman	cop
5	normally	normally	ADV	_	10 gentleman	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 gentleman	det
7	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 gentleman	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fashionable	cc
9	fashionable	fashionable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rich	conj
10	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Toad	appos
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Toad	punct
12	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	like	like	ADP	_	16 washerwoman	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 washerwoman	det
15	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 washerwoman	amod
16	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 looks	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 dress	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 dress	det
19	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 looks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Toad	a rich gentleman				normally property	tree rules
2	look	present	Toad					like a wet washerwoman; in a dress	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in dress=Theme

Option 3

Toad always dresses well and has a fine coat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dresses	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 dresses	advmod
3	dresses	dress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 dresses	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 has	cc
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 dresses	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 coat	det
8	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 coat	amod
9	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	present	Toad					always, well property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	have	present	Toad not said here	a fine coat					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Patient

Option 4

Toad is a gentleman who never wears clothes at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gentleman	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gentleman	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 gentleman	det
4	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 wears	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 wears	advmod
7	wears	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gentleman	acl:relcl
8	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 wears	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 wears	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Toad	a gentleman					tree rules
2	not wear	present	a gentleman	clothes		all			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent clothes=Source

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