Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer…

Looking back: in chapter VIII, Toad escaped prison in disguise. How is tonight's plan the same and different?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Toad · What happens: look back, escape, be · To what, where: prison, disguise, plan

This is test 12 · ★★★ 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

Sentence 1: Looking back: in chapter VIII, Toad escaped prison in disguise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 escaped	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	VIII	VIII	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 escaped	nsubj
9	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 escaped	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 disguise	case
12	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 escaped	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 escaped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Toad not said here					in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	escape	past	Toad	prison		disguise			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme prison=Initial_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: How is tonight's plan the same and different?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 plan	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 plan	cop
3	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 plan	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 tonight	case
5	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 same	nsubj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 same	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 different	cc
9	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 same	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 same	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		tonight's plan			tonight		tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Same: a disguise worn; different: Toad is not alone tonight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 worn	nsubj:pass
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 worn	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 disguise	det
4	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 worn	nsubj
5	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 different	punct
7	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 worn	conj
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 alone	punct
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 alone	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 alone	cop
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 alone	advmod
12	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 worn	advcl
13	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 alone	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	participle · passive		Same					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source
2	not is	present	Toad				tonight	alone property	tree rules

Option 2

Same: a secret way past guards and a disguise; different: this time the friends are together and planning a fight

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	past	past	ADP	_	7 guards	case
7	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 way	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 disguise	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 disguise	det
10	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 guards	conj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 different	punct
12	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	parataxis
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	19 together	punct
14	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 time	det
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 together	nsubj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 friends	det
17	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 time	conj
18	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 together	cop
19	together	together	ADV	_	12 different	advmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 planning	cc
21	planning	plan	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 different	conj
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 fight	det
23	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 planning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	this time and the friends					together property	tree rules
2	plan	gerund		a fight					vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Topic

Option 3

Same: a secret way in; different: no prison walls at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADV	_	5 way	advmod
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 different	punct
8	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 walls	punct
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 walls	det
11	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 walls	compound
12	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 way	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 walls	nmod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Same: a secret way past guards; different: friends together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	past	past	ADP	_	7 guards	case
7	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 way	nmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 different	punct
9	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	parataxis
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 friends	punct
11	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 way	parataxis
12	together	together	ADV	_	11 friends	advmod

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

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