Test 14 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return o…

Looking back: in chapter XI, why was Badger «very pleased» with Mole?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: look back, be · To what, where: XI, Badger

This is test 14 · ★★★ 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	13 pleased	csubj
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 XI	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 XI	obl
6	XI	XI	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Badger	punct
8	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 Badger	advmod
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 Badger	cop
10	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 XI	appos
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 pleased	punct
12	very	very	ADV	_	13 pleased	advmod
13	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 pleased	punct
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 Mole	case
16	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 pleased	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 pleased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund		XI					vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	is a	past		Badger					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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Mole's trick had scattered the sentries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 trick	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Mole	case
3	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scattered	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 scattered	aux
5	scattered	scatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sentries	det
7	sentries	sentry	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 scattered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scatter	past · perfect · passive		Mole's trick					tree rules
2	trick		Mole						nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Mole had drawn the weasels out of the house and into the wood for a trap

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 drawn	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 drawn	aux
3	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 weasels	det
5	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drawn	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	9 house	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 house	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 house	det
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drawn	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wood	cc
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 wood	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wood	det
13	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 house	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 trap	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 trap	det
16	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past · perfect	Mole	the weasels		the house and the wood		for a trap	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent weasel=Theme out house=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Mole had carried the lantern well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 carried	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lantern	det
5	lantern	lantern	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obj
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 carried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past · perfect · passive		Mole				well property	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary lantern=Value

Option 4

Mole had led the whole party through the passage without a single mistake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 led	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 led	aux
3	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 party	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 party	amod
6	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 led	obj
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 passage	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 passage	det
9	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 led	obl
10	without	without	ADP	_	13 mistake	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 mistake	det
12	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 mistake	amod
13	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 led	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past · perfect	Mole	the whole party		the passage		without a single mistake	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent party=Theme through passage=Destination

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