Test 10 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer…

Looking back: in chapter III, who were the faces in the holes and the whistling in the Wild Wood?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: chapter · What happens: look back, be · To what, where: faces, holes

This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 66 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (how Toad Hall was taken, a gun at the gate and a sunken boat)» 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	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	III	III	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 faces	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 faces	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 faces	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 faces	det
11	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chapter	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 holes	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 holes	det
14	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 faces	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 whistling	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 whistling	det
17	whistling	whistling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chapter	conj
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 Wood	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Wood	det
20	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	21 Wood	flat
21	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 whistling	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund						in chapter and the faces and the whistling in the Wild Wood	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	is a	past	chapter and the faces and the whistling in the Wild Wood	the faces		the holes			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 · ← Mova's choice

Stoats chasing the old Rat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	chasing	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stoats	acl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Rat	amod
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 chasing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	gerund	Stoats not said here	the old Rat					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Theme

Option 2

The Wild Wood animals, hunting the frightened Mole through the dark trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 animals	det
2	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	3 Wood	flat
3	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 animals	compound
4	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hunting	punct
6	hunting	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 animals	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Mole	det
8	frightened	frightened	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Mole	amod
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hunting	obj
10	through	through	ADP	_	13 trees	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 trees	det
12	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 trees	amod
13	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hunting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	gerund	the Wood animals not said here	the frightened Mole		the dark trees			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mole=Theme through tree=Location

Option 3

Weasels hunting Toad at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	hunting	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Weasels	acl
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 hunting	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 night	case
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	gerund	Weasels not said here	Toad			night		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The Wild Wood animals, hunting the frightened Mole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 animals	det
2	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	3 Wood	flat
3	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 animals	compound
4	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hunting	punct
6	hunting	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 animals	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Mole	det
8	frightened	frightened	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Mole	amod
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hunting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	gerund	the Wood animals not said here	the frightened Mole					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Theme

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