Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return o…
Looking back: in chapter II, how did the Rat behave about Toad's caravan plan?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat, Toad · What happens: look back, behave, plan
This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 70 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return of Ulysses (dressing for battle, the dark passage and «Good Toad, modest Toad»)» 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 | II | II | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 5 chapter | flat |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 behave | punct |
| 8 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 behave | advmod |
| 9 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 behave | aux |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Rat | det |
| 11 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 behave | nsubj |
| 12 | behave | behave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Looking | parataxis |
| 13 | about | about | ADP | _ | 17 plan | case |
| 14 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 plan | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 Toad | case |
| 16 | caravan | caravan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 plan | compound |
| 17 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 behave | 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 | behave | past · do-support | the Rat | about Toad's caravan plan | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | plan | Toad | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=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.
The options
Option 1
He wanted the trip for himself
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 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 trip | det |
| 4 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 himself | case |
| 6 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 trip | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | He | the trip | for himself = he | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot trip=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He went only to please his friends
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 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 2 went | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 please | mark |
| 5 | please | please | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 went | xcomp |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 friends | nmod:poss |
| 7 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 please | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | He | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | please | to-infinitive | He not said here | his friends | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus friend=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
He was keen to go and insisted on leading the whole caravan trip himself
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 keen | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 keen | cop |
| 3 | keen | keen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 go | mark |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 keen | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 insisted | cc |
| 7 | insisted | insist | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 keen | conj |
| 8 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 9 leading | mark |
| 9 | leading | lead | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 insisted | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 trip | det |
| 11 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 trip | amod |
| 12 | caravan | caravan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 trip | compound |
| 13 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 leading | obj |
| 14 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 13 trip | nmod:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | keen property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | to-infinitive | He not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | insist speech: other | participle | He not said here | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | lead | gerund | He not said here | the whole caravan trip himself | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trip=Theme |
Option 4
He agreed to take Toad's money
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 agreed | nsubj |
| 2 | agreed | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 take | mark |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 agreed | xcomp |
| 5 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 money | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Toad | case |
| 7 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | past | He | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | take not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | Toad's money | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
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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