Test 12 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank…
Which word list is the sound of the Mole digging?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: word list, Mole · What happens: be, dig · To what, where: sound
This is test 12 · ★★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 word | det |
| 2 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 list | compound |
| 3 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sound | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sound | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sound | det |
| 6 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Mole | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Mole | det |
| 9 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sound | nmod |
| 10 | digging | dig | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 Mole | acl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 sound | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | word list | the sound | of the Mole | tree rules | |||
| 2 | dig | gerund | the Mole not said here | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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
«hissed and hummed and whistled and sang»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 hissed | punct |
| 2 | hissed | hiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 hummed | cc |
| 4 | hummed | hum | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 hissed | conj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 whistled | cc |
| 6 | whistled | whistle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 hissed | conj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 sang | cc |
| 8 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 whistled | conj |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 hissed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hiss in a quote | past | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | hum in a quote | past | vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V»: agent=Location | ||||||
| 3 | whistle in a quote | past | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | sing speech: express in a quote | past | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
«rattled and rumbled and roared and rang»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 rattled | punct |
| 2 | rattled | rattle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 rumbled | cc |
| 4 | rumbled | rumble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 rattled | conj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 roared | cc |
| 6 | roared | roar | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 rattled | conj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 rang | cc |
| 8 | rang | ring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 roared | conj |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 rattled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rattle in a quote | past | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | rumble in a quote | past | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | roar in a quote | past | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | ring in a quote | past | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
«went the spade and went the tap and went the shovel across the stone»
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 went | punct |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 spade | det |
| 4 | spade | spade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 went | cc |
| 6 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 went | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 tap | det |
| 8 | tap | tap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 went | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 went | cc |
| 10 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 went | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 shovel | det |
| 12 | shovel | shovel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 went | obj |
| 13 | across | across | ADP | _ | 15 stone | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 stone | det |
| 15 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 went | obl |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | past | the spade | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location spade=Theme | |||||
| 2 | go in a quote | past | the tap | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tap=Theme | |||||
| 3 | go in a quote | past | the shovel | the stone | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shovel=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
«scraped and scratched and scrabbled and scrooged»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 scraped | punct |
| 2 | scraped | scrape | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 scratched | cc |
| 4 | scratched | scratch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 scraped | conj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 scrabbled | cc |
| 6 | scrabbled | scrabble | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 scraped | conj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 scrooged | cc |
| 8 | scrooged | scrooge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 scrabbled | conj |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 scraped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scrape in a quote | participle | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | scratch in a quote | participle | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | scrabble in a quote | participle | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | scrooge in a quote | participle | tree rules |
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