Test 10 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank…
«Whether you get away, or whether you don't ... you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular.» What is the Rat saying?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Rat · What happens: get away, not do, be, say · To what, where: anything, particular · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 25 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank (the Mole leaves his spring-cleaning and meets the Rat)» 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
Sentence 1: «Whether you get away, or whether you don't ... you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| 2 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 4 get | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 get | nsubj |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 get | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 busy | punct |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 busy | cc |
| 8 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 10 do | mark |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 do | nsubj |
| 10 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 busy | advcl |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 do | advmod |
| 12 | ... | ... | PUNCT | _ | 10 do | punct |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 busy | nsubj |
| 14 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 busy | cop |
| 15 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 16 busy | advmod |
| 16 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 get | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 do | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 do | cc |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 do | nsubj |
| 20 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 21 do | advmod |
| 21 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | conj |
| 22 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 21 do | obj |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 particular | case |
| 24 | particular | particular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 anything | nmod |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| 26 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get away in a quote | present | you | away property | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not do in a quote | present | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | you | always, busy property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | not do in a quote | present | you | anything | particular | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |
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: What is the Rat saying?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 saying | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 saying | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Rat | det |
| 4 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 saying | nsubj |
| 5 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 saying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · progressive | the Rat | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Holidays should be spent in bed and at rest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holidays | holiday | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 spent | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 spent | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 spent | aux:pass |
| 4 | spent | spend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 bed | case |
| 6 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spent | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 rest | cc |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 rest | case |
| 9 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spent | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | should · passive | Holidays | bed | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Getting somewhere doesn't matter; the fun does
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 matter | csubj |
| 2 | somewhere | somewhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 1 Getting | advmod |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 matter | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 matter | advmod |
| 5 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 does | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fun | det |
| 8 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 does | nsubj |
| 9 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 matter | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | gerund | somewhere property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | not matter | present · do-support | Getting | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | do | present | the fun | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Rowing is hard work and nobody should try it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rowing | rowing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 work | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 work | cop |
| 3 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 work | amod |
| 4 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 try | cc |
| 6 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 try | nsubj |
| 7 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 try | aux |
| 8 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 work | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 try | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Rowing | hard work | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | try | should | nobody | Rowing | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Boats are for travelling far, and rowing a boat needs great skill and strength
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boats | boat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 travelling | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 travelling | aux |
| 3 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 4 travelling | mark |
| 4 | travelling | travel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 travelling | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 needs | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 needs | cc |
| 8 | rowing | row | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 needs | csubj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 boat | det |
| 10 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rowing | obj |
| 11 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 travelling | parataxis |
| 12 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 skill | amod |
| 13 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 needs | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 strength | cc |
| 15 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 skill | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | travel | present · progressive | Boats | far property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | row | gerund | a boat | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent boat=Location | |||||
| 3 | need | present | rowing | great skill and strength | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot skill=Theme |
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