Test 15 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return o…

Looking back: how has Toad changed from chapter XI, when he called Mole «you silly ass»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Looking, Toad, you · What happens: look back, change, call, ass · To what, where: chapter · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 15 · ★★★ of lesson 71 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return of Ulysses (four Heroes, five minutes and clean sheets)» 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	7 changed	csubj:pass
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 has	punct
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 has	advmod
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 changed	aux
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj
7	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 chapter	case
9	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 changed	obl
10	XI	XI	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 chapter	appos
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 called	punct
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 called	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 called	nsubj
14	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 changed	parataxis
15	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 called	xcomp
16	«	«	PUNCT	_	19 ass	punct
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	19 ass	nsubj
18	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 ass	amod
19	ass	ass	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 called	xcomp
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 ass	punct
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 changed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	look back	gerund			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	change	present · perfect	Looking	chapter	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.material PP.result»: agent=Agent from chapter=Initial_State
3	call speech: assert	past	Toad		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	ass in a quote		you		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

He now thanks Mole warmly and has stopped boasting about his motor-cars

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 thanks	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 thanks	advmod
3	thanks	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 thanks	obj
5	warmly	warmly	ADV	_	3 thanks	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stopped	cc
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stopped	aux
8	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 thanks	conj
9	boasting	boast	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 stopped	xcomp
10	about	about	ADP	_	14 cars	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 cars	nmod:poss
12	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cars	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 motor	punct
14	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 boasting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	present	He	Mole	now	warmly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Theme
2	stop	present · perfect	He not said here				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	boast speech: other	gerund	He not said here			about Mole's motor cars	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about car=Topic

Option 2

He now thanks Mole warmly, having put away the jealousy that once made him rude

The tree, 15 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 thanks	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 thanks	advmod
3	thanks	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 thanks	obj
5	warmly	warmly	ADV	_	3 thanks	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 having	punct
7	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 thanks	advcl
8	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 having	xcomp
9	away	away	ADP	_	8 put	compound:prt
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 jealousy	det
11	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 having	obj
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 made	nsubj
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	14 made	advmod
14	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 jealousy	acl:relcl
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 made	obj
16	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	present	He		Mole	now	warmly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Theme
2	have	gerund	He not said here	the jealousy				tree rules
3	put away	participle	the jealousy not said here					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
4	make	past	the jealousy	Mole			once, rude property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He now thanks Mole warmly

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 thanks	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 thanks	advmod
3	thanks	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 thanks	obj
5	warmly	warmly	ADV	_	3 thanks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	present	He		Mole		now	warmly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Theme

Option 4

He now calls Mole «old friend»

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 calls	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 calls	advmod
3	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 calls	obj
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 friend	punct
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 friend	amod
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calls	xcomp
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 friend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	He		Mole		now		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mole=Recipient

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