Test 8 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer…

Looking back: in chapter VIII, Toad escaped prison dressed as a washerwoman. How is Mole's use of the dress different?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Toad, use, Mole · What happens: look back, escape, dress, be, use · To what, where: prison, dress

This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 69 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (Mole the washerwoman and the badgers that never were)» 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 dressed as a washerwoman.

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	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 prison	acl
12	as	as	ADP	_	14 washerwoman	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 washerwoman	det
14	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dressed	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 escaped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme prison=Initial_Location
3	dress	participle		prison not said here	as a washerwoman	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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: How is Mole's use of the dress different?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Mole's use of the dress					how property	tree rules
2	use		Mole	the dress					nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Toad wore it to flee from prison guards; Mole wore it to fool the sentries at the gate

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wore	nsubj
2	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wore	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 flee	mark
5	flee	flee	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wore	xcomp
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 guards	case
7	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guards	compound
8	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 flee	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 wore	punct
10	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 wore	nsubj
11	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wore	parataxis
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wore	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 fool	mark
14	fool	fool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wore	xcomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sentries	det
16	sentries	sentry	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 fool	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 gate	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 gate	det
19	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fool	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	wear	past	Toad	it		tree rules
2	flee	to-infinitive	Toad not said here		prison guards	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from guard=Initial_Location
3	wear	past	Mole	it		tree rules
4	fool	to-infinitive	Mole not said here	the sentries	the gate	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentry=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Toad used it to escape; Mole to trick the enemy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 used	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 escape	mark
5	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	xcomp
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 Mole	punct
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 trick	mark
9	trick	trick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 enemy	det
11	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 trick	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	past	Toad	it	Mole obl	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Theme clause=Eventuality
2	escape	to-infinitive	Toad not said here			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	trick	to-infinitive	Toad not said here	the enemy		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Patient

Option 3

Toad escaped; Mole fooled sentries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 escaped	nsubj
2	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 fooled	punct
4	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 fooled	nsubj
5	fooled	fool	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 escaped	conj
6	sentries	sentry	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fooled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	past	Toad						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fool	past	Mole	sentries					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentry=Patient

Option 4

Mole did it for a laugh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 did	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 laugh	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 laugh	det
6	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Mole	it				for a laugh	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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