Test 14 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer…

Looking back: in chapter V, Mole cried by the roadside. What did the Rat do then?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mole, Rat · What happens: look back, cry, do

This is test 14 · ★★★ 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 V, Mole cried by the roadside.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 cried	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 V	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 V	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 V	compound
6	V	v	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
8	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 cried	nsubj
9	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 roadside	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 roadside	det
12	roadside	roadside	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cried	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 cried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Mole not said here					in chapter V	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in v=Theme
2	cry speech: express	past	Mole					by the roadside	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by roadside=Location

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 did the Rat do then?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 do	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 do	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	the Rat				then		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

He gave Mole his coat and then walked on ahead without looking back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gave	iobj
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 coat	nmod:poss
5	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 walked	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 walked	advmod
8	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gave	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 ahead	case
10	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	8 walked	obl
11	without	without	SCONJ	_	12 looking	mark
12	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 walked	advcl
13	back	back	ADV	_	12 looking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	give	past	He	Mole's coat	Mole		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mole=Recipient coat=Theme
2	walk	past	He not said here			then	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ahead=Trajectory
3	look back	gerund	He not said here				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He sat down beside Mole and told him to stop his crying at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 sat	compound:prt
4	beside	beside	ADP	_	5 Mole	case
5	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 told	cc
7	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sat	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 told	iobj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 stop	mark
10	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 told	xcomp
11	his	his	PRON	Gender=Masc Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 crying	nsubj
12	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 stop	xcomp
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 once	case
14	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	10 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	roles by
1	sit down	past	He		Mole	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside mole=Location
2	tell speech: assert	past	He not said here	Mole		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	cry speech: express	gerund	Mole			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He turned back in the dark and helped Mole find his old home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 turned	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 dark	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dark	det
6	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 helped	cc
8	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
9	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 find	nsubj
10	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 helped	xcomp
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 home	nmod:poss
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 home	amod
13	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	turn back	past	He		the dark	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	help	past	He not said here			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	find	infinitive	Mole	Mole's old home		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Topic

Option 4

He turned back in the dark, helped Mole find his old home, and then made them both a hot supper by the fire

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 turned	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 dark	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dark	det
6	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 helped	punct
8	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
9	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 find	nsubj
10	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 helped	xcomp
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 home	nmod:poss
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 home	amod
13	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 find	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 made	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 made	cc
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 made	advmod
17	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 made	obj
19	both	both	CCONJ	_	22 supper	cc:preconj
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 supper	det
21	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 supper	amod
22	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 made	obl
23	by	by	ADP	_	25 fire	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 fire	det
25	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn back	past	He		the dark			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	help	past	He not said here					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	find	infinitive	Mole	Mole's old home				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Topic
4	make	past	He not said here	them = they		then	by the fire; a hot supper obl	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product

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