Test 15 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer…

What has Toad learnt by the end of this part, at least for now?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: end · What happens: learn · To what, where: least

This is test 15 · ★★★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 learnt	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 learnt	aux
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 learnt	nsubj
4	learnt	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 end	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 end	det
7	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 learnt	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 part	case
9	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 part	det
10	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 end	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 least	punct
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 least	case
13	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 learnt	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 now	case
15	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 least	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 learnt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	present · perfect · passive	the end of this part			least			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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

That rushing off alone makes things worse, and that Toad Hall is now lost to the Wild Wooders for ever

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 makes	nsubj
2	rushing	rush	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 makes	csubj
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 rushing	compound:prt
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 rushing	advmod
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 makes	obj
7	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 makes	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 lost	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 lost	cc
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 lost	mark
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Hall	compound
12	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 lost	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 lost	aux:pass
14	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 lost	advmod
15	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 makes	conj
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 Wooders	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Wooders	det
18	Wild	Wild	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Wooders	compound
19	Wooders	Wooder	PROPN	Number=Plur	15 lost	obl
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 ever	case
21	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	15 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	rush off	gerund				alone property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	present	That	things		bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=Product
3	lose	present · passive		Toad Hall	now	to the Wild Wooders	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 2

That rushing off alone makes things worse, and he should always wait for the Rat's advice first

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 rushing	nsubj
2	rushing	rush	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 makes	csubj
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 rushing	compound:prt
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 rushing	advmod
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 makes	obj
7	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 makes	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 wait	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wait	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 wait	nsubj
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 wait	aux
12	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	13 wait	advmod
13	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 makes	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	18 advice	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Rat	det
16	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 advice	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Rat	case
18	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wait	obl
19	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 wait	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	rush off	gerund	That		alone property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	present	rushing	things	bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=Product
3	wait	should	he		for the Rat's advice; always, first property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

That boats are dangerous to row

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 boats	det
2	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dangerous	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dangerous	cop
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 row	mark
6	row	row	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 dangerous	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that boats					dangerous property	tree rules
2	row	to-infinitive	that boats not said here						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That rushing off alone makes things worse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 makes	nsubj
2	rushing	rush	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 makes	csubj
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 rushing	compound:prt
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 rushing	advmod
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 makes	obj
7	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rush off	gerund						alone property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	present	That	things				bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=Product

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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