Test 2 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer…

Why is it funny when Toad cries «Supper's here at last, hooray!»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, Toad, Supper · What happens: be, cry · To what, where: last hooray · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 funny	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 funny	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 funny	nsubj
4	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 cries	mark
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 cries	nsubj
7	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 funny	advcl
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 here	punct
9	Supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 here	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 here	cop
11	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 cries	advmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	15 hooray	case
13	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 hooray	amod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 last	punct
15	hooray	hooray	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 here	obl
16	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 here	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 here	punct
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 funny	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	it		funny property	tree rules
2	cry speech: express	present	Toad			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	present	Supper	last hooray	here property	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

A second before, he was sobbing that he'd go out into the cold night for his friends, and Mole had cried too for him

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 second	det
2	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sobbing	nsubj
3	before	before	ADV	_	2 second	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 second	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sobbing	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sobbing	aux
7	sobbing	sob	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 go	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 go	nsubj
10	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 go	aux
11	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 sobbing	xcomp
12	out	out	ADV	_	11 go	advmod
13	into	into	ADP	_	16 night	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 night	det
15	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 night	amod
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 go	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 friends	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 friends	nmod:poss
19	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 go	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 cried	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 cried	cc
22	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 cried	nsubj
23	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 cried	aux
24	cried	cry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 sobbing	conj
25	too	too	ADV	_	24 cried	advmod
26	for	for	ADP	_	27 him	case
27	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 cried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	sob	past · progressive	a second			tree rules
2	go out	would	he	night	for his friends; out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	cry speech: express	past · perfect	Mole		for him = he	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for he=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A second before, he was sobbing that he'd go out into the cold night for his friends

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 second	det
2	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 before	obl:unmarked
3	before	before	ADV	_	7 sobbing	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 before	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sobbing	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sobbing	aux
7	sobbing	sob	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 go	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 go	nsubj
10	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 go	aux
11	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 sobbing	xcomp
12	out	out	ADV	_	11 go	advmod
13	into	into	ADP	_	16 night	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 night	det
15	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 night	amod
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 go	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 friends	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 friends	nmod:poss
19	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sob	past · progressive	he					before property	tree rules
2	go out	would	he				night	for his friends; out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A second before, he was sobbing that he'd go out into the cold night for his friends, and then he forgot all about it at once

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 second	det
2	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sobbing	nsubj
3	before	before	ADV	_	2 second	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 second	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sobbing	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sobbing	aux
7	sobbing	sob	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 go	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 go	nsubj
10	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 go	aux
11	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 sobbing	xcomp
12	out	out	ADV	_	11 go	advmod
13	into	into	ADP	_	16 night	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 night	det
15	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 night	amod
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 go	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 friends	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 friends	nmod:poss
19	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 go	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 forgot	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 forgot	cc
22	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	24 forgot	advmod
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 forgot	nsubj
24	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sobbing	conj
25	all	all	ADV	_	27 it	advmod
26	about	about	ADP	_	27 it	case
27	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 forgot	obl
28	at	at	ADP	_	29 once	case
29	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	24 forgot	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	sob	past · progressive	a second			tree rules
2	go out	would	he	night	for his friends; out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	forget	past	he	then	about it	tree rules

Option 4

Because the supper was served on silver plates and he had been planning it for weeks

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 served	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 supper	det
3	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 served	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 served	aux:pass
5	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 plates	case
7	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 plates	compound
8	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 served	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 planning	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 planning	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 planning	aux
12	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 planning	aux
13	planning	plan	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 served	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 planning	obj
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 weeks	case
16	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 planning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	past · passive		the supper		silver plates			vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute
2	plan	past · perfect · progressive	he	supper			week		vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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