Test 10 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer…

Looking back: in chapter III, how did Rat find Badger's door in the snow?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: look back, find · To what, where: door, snow

This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 68 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (the secret passage, the birthday banquet and «learn 'em»)» 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 find	punct
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	11 find	advmod
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 find	aux
10	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 find	nsubj
11	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Looking	advcl
12	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 door	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Badger	case
14	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 find	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 snow	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 snow	det
17	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 find	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund						in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	find	past · do-support	Rat	Badger's door		the snow			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A door-scraper, then a door-mat, then the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 scraper	det
2	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scraper	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 door	punct
4	scraper	scraper	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mat	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 mat	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 mat	det
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mat	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 door	punct
10	mat	mat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scraper	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 door	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 door	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 door	det
14	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scraper	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

He followed the footprints to the wall

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 followed	nsubj
2	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 footprints	det
4	footprints	footprint	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 followed	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 wall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	He	the footprints		the wall			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent footprint=Theme to wall=Trajectory

Option 3

He felt for a door-scraper, then a door-mat, then the door, which he found after a long search in the snow

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	7 scraper	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 scraper	det
5	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scraper	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 door	punct
7	scraper	scraper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 mat	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 mat	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 mat	det
11	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mat	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 door	punct
13	mat	mat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 door	punct
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 door	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 door	det
17	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mat	appos
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 found	punct
19	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 found	nsubj
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 found	nsubj
21	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 door	acl:relcl
22	after	after	ADP	_	25 search	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 search	det
24	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 search	amod
25	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 found	obl
26	in	in	ADP	_	28 snow	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 snow	det
28	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 search	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He	a door mat				for a door scraper	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for scraper=Theme
2	find	past	the door				after a long search in the snow		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He felt along the hedge and found the gate

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	along	along	ADP	_	5 hedge	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hedge	det
5	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 found	cc
7	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 felt	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gate	det
9	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 found	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He			the hedge			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent along hedge=Location
2	find	past	He not said here	the gate					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Topic

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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