Test 15 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return o…

Why is «The Return of Ulysses» a clever title for this chapter?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: clever title · What happens: be

This is test 15 · ★★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	cop
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 Return	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Return	det
5	Return	Return	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Why	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Ulysses	case
7	Ulysses	Ulysses	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Return	nmod
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 Return	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 title	det
10	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 title	amod
11	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Why	nsubj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 chapter	case
13	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 chapter	det
14	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 title	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a clever title for this chapter					why 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Like Ulysses, Toad fights a giant monster at sea and then sails home safely to his wife and children

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	ADP	_	2 Ulysses	case
2	Ulysses	Ulysses	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 fights	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Ulysses	punct
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 fights	nsubj
5	fights	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 monster	det
7	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 monster	amod
8	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fights	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 sea	case
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fights	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sails	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 sails	advmod
13	sails	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fights	conj
14	home	home	ADV	_	13 sails	advmod
15	safely	safely	ADV	_	13 sails	advmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 wife	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 wife	nmod:poss
18	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sails	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 children	cc
20	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 wife	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	present	Toad	a giant monster		sea		like Ulysses	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monster=Co-Agent
2	sail	present	Toad not said here				then	to Toad's wife and children; home, safely property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to wife=Trajectory

Option 2

Because Toad, like Ulysses, is a sailor who wins a great war and rides home in glory

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	2 Toad	case
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 sailor	dislocated
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Ulysses	punct
4	like	like	ADP	_	5 Ulysses	case
5	Ulysses	Ulysses	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Toad	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Toad	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sailor	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sailor	det
9	sailor	sailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 wins	nsubj
11	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sailor	acl:relcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 war	det
13	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 war	amod
14	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wins	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 rides	cc
16	rides	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 wins	conj
17	home	home	ADV	_	16 rides	advmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 glory	case
19	glory	glory	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 rides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a sailor		Toad and Ulysses dislocated	tree rules
2	win	present	a sailor	a great war			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Eventuality
3	ride	present	a sailor not said here		glory	home property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Like Ulysses, Toad comes home to find enemies feasting in his house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	ADP	_	2 Ulysses	case
2	Ulysses	Ulysses	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 comes	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Ulysses	punct
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 comes	nsubj
5	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	home	home	ADV	_	5 comes	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 find	mark
8	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 comes	xcomp
9	enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 find	obj
10	feasting	feast	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 enemies	acl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 house	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 house	nmod:poss
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feasting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	come	present	Toad			like Ulysses; home property	tree rules
2	find	to-infinitive	Toad not said here	enemies			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Topic
3	feast	gerund	enemies not said here		Toad's house		vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Toad, like Ulysses, sails far and returns to a house full of rivals

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sails	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Ulysses	punct
3	like	like	ADP	_	4 Ulysses	case
4	Ulysses	Ulysses	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Toad	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Toad	punct
6	sails	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 sails	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 returns	cc
9	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sails	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 house	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 house	det
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 returns	obl
13	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 house	amod
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 rivals	case
15	rivals	rival	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sail	present	Toad and Ulysses					far property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	return	present	Toad and Ulysses not said here					to a house result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to house=Result

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