Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer…
Looking back: in chapter III, Mole went into the Wild Wood alone and was terrified. How has he changed?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mole · What happens: look back, go, be, change · To what, where: Wild Wood
This is test 9 · ★★★ 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 III, Mole went into the Wild Wood alone and was terrified.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 went | 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 | III | III | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 5 chapter | flat |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Looking | punct |
| 8 | Mole | Mole | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 went | nsubj |
| 9 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | into | into | ADP | _ | 13 Wood | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Wood | det |
| 12 | Wild | Wild | PROPN | _ | 13 Wood | flat |
| 13 | Wood | Wood | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 went | obl |
| 14 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 9 went | advmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 terrified | cc |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 terrified | cop |
| 17 | terrified | terrified | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 went | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | Mole not said here | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go | past | Mole | the Wild Wood | alone property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into wood=Initial_Location | |||
| 3 | is | past | Mole not said here | terrified 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.
Sentence 2: How has he changed?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 changed | advmod |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 changed | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 changed | nsubj |
| 4 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 changed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present · perfect | Mole | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
He is braver but still shy
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 | 3 braver | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 braver | cop |
| 3 | braver | brave | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 shy | cc |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 6 shy | advmod |
| 6 | shy | shy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 braver | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | brave property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | He not said here | still | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He now tricks armed sentries boldly
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 | 3 tricks | nsubj |
| 2 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 tricks | advmod |
| 3 | tricks | trick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | armed | armed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sentries | amod |
| 5 | sentries | sentry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 tricks | obj |
| 6 | boldly | boldly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 tricks | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trick | present | He | armed sentries | now | boldly property | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentry=Patient |
Option 3
He now sings loudly at night
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 | 3 sings | nsubj |
| 2 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 sings | advmod |
| 3 | sings | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 3 sings | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 night | case |
| 6 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sings | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | present | He | now; night | loudly property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
Option 4
He still fears the Wild Wood but he now plays tricks on armed sentries when needed for his friends
The tree, 19 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 | 3 fears | nsubj |
| 2 | still | still | ADV | _ | 3 fears | advmod |
| 3 | fears | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Wood | det |
| 5 | Wild | Wild | PROPN | _ | 6 Wood | flat |
| 6 | Wood | Wood | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 fears | obj |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 plays | cc |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 plays | nsubj |
| 9 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 plays | advmod |
| 10 | plays | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fears | conj |
| 11 | tricks | trick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 plays | obj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 sentries | case |
| 13 | armed | armed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 sentries | amod |
| 14 | sentries | sentry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 plays | obl |
| 15 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 16 needed | advmod |
| 16 | needed | need | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 plays | advcl |
| 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 | 16 needed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | present | He | the Wild Wood | still | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wood=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | play | present | he | tricks | armed sentries | now | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme | ||
| 3 | need | participle | he not said here | for his friends | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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