Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return o…

Looking back: in chapter X, what did Toad do when he sang his conceited song on the road?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Toad · What happens: look back, do, sing · To what, where: chapter, conceited song, road

This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 72 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return of Ulysses (the invitations, «SPEECH BY TOAD» and «not one little song»)» 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	5 chapter	csubj
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	root	root
6	X	X	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 chapter	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 do	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 do	obj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 do	aux
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 do	nsubj
11	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 chapter	parataxis
12	when	when	SCONJ	_	14 sang	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sang	nsubj
14	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 do	advcl
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 song	nmod:poss
16	conceited	conceited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 song	amod
17	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sang	obj
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 road	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 road	det
20	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sang	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	look back	gerund				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	do	past · do-support	Toad	chapter		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	sing speech: express	past	Toad	Toad's conceited song	the road	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
4	sing		Toad			nom song «communication intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

Sang to the farmers, then was arrested and sent to prison at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sang	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 arrested	advcl
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 farmers	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 farmers	det
4	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sang	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Sang	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 arrested	advmod
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 arrested	aux:pass
8	arrested	arrest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sent	cc
10	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 arrested	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 prison	case
12	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sent	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 once	case
14	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	10 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	sing speech: express	gerund	the farmers			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to farmer=Recipient
2	arrest	past · passive			then	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»
3	send	participle		prison		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to prison=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Met the owners of the stolen car

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 owners	det
3	owners	owner	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Met	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 car	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 car	det
6	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 car	amod
7	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 owners	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	past		the owners of the stolen car					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent owner=Co-Agent
2	steal	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Was arrested by the local police

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 arrested	aux:pass
2	arrested	arrest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	6 police	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 police	det
5	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 police	amod
6	police	police	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arrested	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrest	past · passive	the local police						vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Sang to the wrong weasels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sang	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	5 weasels	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 weasels	det
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 weasels	amod
5	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	gerund			the wrong weasels				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to weasel=Recipient

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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