Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer…

Looking back: in chapter VI, Badger talked to Toad alone in the smoking-room for three-quarters of an hour. What happened after?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Badger · What happens: look back, talk, happen after · To what, where: Toad, smoking room

This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 67 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (loyal friends, cold pie and «Be quiet at once!»)» 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: Looking back: in chapter VI, Badger talked to Toad alone in the smoking-room for three-quarters of an hour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 talked	advcl
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	VI	VI	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
8	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 talked	nsubj
9	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Toad	case
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 talked	obl
12	alone	alone	ADV	_	9 talked	advmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	17 room	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 room	det
15	smoking	smoking	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 room	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 smoking	punct
17	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 talked	obl
18	for	for	ADP	_	21 quarters	case
19	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 quarters	nummod
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 three	punct
21	quarters	quarter	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 room	nmod
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 hour	case
23	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 hour	det
24	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 quarters	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 talked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Badger not said here					in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	talk	past	Badger		Toad	the smoking room for three quarters of a hour		alone property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to toad=Co-Agent

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: What happened after?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 happened	nsubj
2	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	after	after	ADP	_	2 happened	compound:prt
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen after	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

Toad said he'd promised «in there», but outside he wasn't sorry at all, and he went straight back to boasting to Mole and Rat about his motor-car

The tree, 30 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 promised	nsubj
4	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 promised	aux
5	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 said	ccomp
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 there	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 there	case
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 promised	advmod
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 there	punct
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 sorry	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 sorry	cc
12	outside	outside	ADP	_	16 sorry	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 sorry	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 sorry	cop
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 sorry	advmod
16	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	conj
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 all	case
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 sorry	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 went	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 went	cc
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 went	nsubj
22	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
23	straight	straight	ADV	_	24 back	advmod
24	back	back	ADV	_	22 went	advmod
25	to	to	ADP	_	26 boasting	case
26	boasting	boast	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 went	obl
27	to	to	ADP	_	28 Mole	case
28	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 boasting	obl
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 Rat	cc
30	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 Mole	conj
31	about	about	ADP	_	35 car	case
32	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 car	nmod:poss
33	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 car	compound
34	-	-	PUNCT	_	33 motor	punct
35	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Toad				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	promise speech: promise	past · perfect	Toad				vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	not is	past	Toad		all	sorry property	tree rules
4	go	past	Toad			about Toad's motor car	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about car=Location
5	boast speech: other	gerund		Mole and Rat			vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to mole=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Toad said he'd promised «in there», but outside he wasn't sorry at all

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 promised	nsubj
4	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 promised	aux
5	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 said	ccomp
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 there	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 there	case
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 promised	advmod
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 there	punct
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 sorry	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 sorry	cc
12	outside	outside	ADP	_	16 sorry	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 sorry	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 sorry	cop
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 sorry	advmod
16	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	conj
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 all	case
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 sorry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Toad			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	promise speech: promise	past · perfect	Toad			vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	not is	past	Toad	all	sorry property	tree rules

Option 3

Toad agreed to mend his ways, then boasted to Mole about his escape on the road

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 agreed	nsubj
2	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 mend	mark
4	mend	mend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 agreed	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 ways	nmod:poss
6	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 mend	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 boasted	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 boasted	advmod
9	boasted	boast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 agreed	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Mole	case
11	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 boasted	obl
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 escape	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 escape	nmod:poss
14	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Mole	nmod
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 road	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 road	det
17	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 boasted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	Toad					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mend not said to happen	to-infinitive	Toad not said here	Toad's ways				tree rules
3	boast speech: other	participle	Toad not said here		Mole about Toad's escape	the road	then	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to mole=Recipient
4	escape		Toad					nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Toad promised to behave, then ran off to the river at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 promised	nsubj
2	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 behave	mark
4	behave	behave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 promised	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 ran	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 ran	advmod
7	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 promised	conj
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 ran	compound:prt
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 river	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 river	det
11	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ran	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 once	case
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	Toad			vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	behave not said to happen	to-infinitive	Toad not said here			vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
3	run off	past	Toad not said here	then	to the river result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to river=Result

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