Test 3 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer…

What does the mirror scene show about Toad?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mirror scene · What happens: show

This is test 3 · ★★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 show	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 show	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 scene	det
4	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scene	compound
5	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 show	nsubj
6	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 Toad	case
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 show	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · do-support	the mirror scene					about Toad	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent what=Recipient about toad=Topic

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 · ← Mova's choice

Toad is always pleased with his looks and never changes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pleased	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pleased	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 pleased	advmod
4	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 looks	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 looks	nmod:poss
7	looks	look	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pleased	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 changes	cc
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 changes	advmod
10	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pleased	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Toad					with Toad's looks; always, pleased property	tree rules
2	not change	present	Toad not said here						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Even Toad can see how silly he looks — and that changes his mind fast

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Even	even	ADV	_	4 see	advmod
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 see	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 silly	advmod
6	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 looks	advcl
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 looks	nsubj
8	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 see	ccomp
9	—	-	PUNCT	_	12 changes	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 changes	cc
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 changes	nsubj
12	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 see	parataxis
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 mind	nmod:poss
14	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 changes	obj
15	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 changes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see	can	Toad			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	look	present	Toad			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	change	present	that	Toad's mind	fast property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient
4	mind		Toad			nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Toad cares more about his looks than his safety or friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cares	nsubj
2	cares	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 cares	advmod
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 looks	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 looks	nmod:poss
6	looks	look	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cares	obl
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 safety	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 safety	nmod:poss
9	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 looks	nmod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 friends	cc
11	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 safety	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	present	Toad					about Toad's looks than Toad's safety or friends	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about look=Stimulus

Option 4

Toad is vain but he is also clever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 vain	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 vain	cop
3	vain	vain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 clever	cc
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 clever	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 clever	cop
7	also	also	ADV	_	8 clever	advmod
8	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 vain	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Toad					vain property	tree rules
2	is	present	Toad					clever property	tree rules

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