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Test 8 · ★ of lesson 58 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 3: Wayfarers All (the Sea Rat from Constantinople)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 3: Wayfarers All… «I stan this guy, he's the best sailor ever.» (stan = be a big fan of) What does the Sea Rat himself say about the hard sailor's life? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, he, stan, Rat · **What happens:** stan, be, say · **To what, where:** guy, best sailor, big fan · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 58 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 3: Wayfarers All (the Sea Rat from Constantinople)» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «I stan this guy, he's the best sailor ever.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t8:1 # text = «I stan this guy, he's the best sailor ever.» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stan stan VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 guy guy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 amod _ _ 11 sailor sailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 12 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stan** *in a quote* | present | I | this guy | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | he | the best sailor | | | ever | | 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. *Sentence 2:* (stan = be a big fan of) What does the Sea Rat himself say about the hard sailor's life? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t8:2 # text = (stan = be a big fan of) What does the Sea Rat himself say about the hard sailor's life? 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 stan Stan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 = = SYM SYM _ 7 punct _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 fan fan NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 8 punct _ _ 10 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nmod _ _ 11 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 15 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 nsubj _ _ 16 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 17 about about ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 sailor sailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | infinitive | stan | a big fan | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Rat | | | | | about the hard sailor's life | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} He would love to sail for months ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t8:o1:1 # text = He would love to sail for months 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 love love VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 sail sail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | would | He | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **sail** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | month | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} He thinks such months are the best of all sea life ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t8:o2:1 # text = He thinks such months are the best of all sea life 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 ccomp _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 10 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | He | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | such months | | | | | of all sea life; good *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Months out of sight of land «would not suit me at all» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t8:o3:1 # text = Months out of sight of land «would not suit me at all» 1 Months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 2 out out ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 suit suit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **suit** *in a quote* | would | | me | | all | month | | tree rules | | 2 | **sight** | | | land | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Months out of sight of land «would not suit me at all» — he has never tried it, but his mother said the same ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t8:o4:1 # text = Months out of sight of land «would not suit me at all» — he has never tried it, but his mother said the same 1 Months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 2 out out ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 suit suit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 15 — - PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **suit** *in a quote* | would | | his mother *= mother* | | all | month | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **try** | present · perfect | he | land | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | his mother | the same | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent same=Topic | | 4 | **sight** | | | land | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | **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; 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