Test 3 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank… The rabbits shout «How stupid you are! Why didn't you tell him—» after the Mole has gone. What is the writer laughing at?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rabbits, you, Mole, writer · What happens: shout, be, not tell, go, laugh · To what, where: him · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: The rabbits shout «How stupid you are!
det nsubj punct advmod parataxis nsubj cop punct root The DET rabbits NOUN shout VERB « PUNCT How ADV stupid ADJ you PRON are AUX ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 rabbits det 2 rabbits rabbit NOUN Number=Plur 3 shout nsubj 3 shout shout VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 « « PUNCT _ 6 stupid punct 5 How how ADV PronType=Int 6 stupid advmod 6 stupid stupid ADJ Degree=Pos 3 shout parataxis 7 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 stupid nsubj 8 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 stupid cop 9 ! ! PUNCT _ 3 shout punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 shout speech: express present the rabbits vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 is in a quote present you stupid property 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: Why didn't you tell him—» after the Mole has gone.
advmod aux advmod nsubj iobj punct punct mark det nsubj aux advcl punct root Why ADV did AUX n't PART you PRON tell VERB him PRON — PUNCT » PUNCT after SCONJ the DET Mole NOUN has AUX gone VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 5 tell advmod 2 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 tell aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 tell advmod 4 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 tell nsubj 5 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 tell iobj 7 — - PUNCT _ 5 tell punct 8 » » PUNCT _ 5 tell punct 9 after after SCONJ _ 13 gone mark 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 Mole det 11 Mole mole NOUN Number=Sing 13 gone nsubj 12 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 gone aux 13 gone go VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 5 tell advcl 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 tell punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not tell speech: assert past · do-support you him = he vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient 2 go in a quote present · perfect the Mole vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: What is the writer laughing at?
cop det nsubj acl obl punct root What PRON is AUX the DET writer NOUN laughing VERB at ADP ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 writer det 4 writer writer NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 laughing laugh VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 writer acl 6 at at ADP _ 5 laughing obl 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the writer tree rules 2 laugh gerund the writer not said here vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice They are sad
nsubj cop root They PRON are AUX sad ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 sad nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 sad cop 3 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present They sad property tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Arguing about what to do when it's too late
mark obj mark xcomp mark nsubj cop advmod advcl root Arguing VERB about SCONJ what PRON to PART do VERB when SCONJ it PRON 's AUX too ADV late ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Arguing argue VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 about about SCONJ _ 5 do mark 3 what what PRON PronType=Int 5 do obj 4 to to PART _ 5 do mark 5 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Arguing xcomp 6 when when SCONJ _ 10 late mark 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 late nsubj 8 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 late cop 9 too too ADV _ 10 late advmod 10 late late ADJ Degree=Pos 5 do advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 argue speech: disagree gerund vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 do to-infinitive vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality 3 is present it late property tree rules
Option 3 They are being rude
nsubj cop cop root They PRON are AUX being AUX rude ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 rude nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 rude cop 3 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 rude cop 4 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present They rude property tree rules
Option 4 Teasing the Mole for taking a long road home
det obj mark advcl det amod obj advmod root Teasing VERB the DET Mole NOUN for SCONJ taking VERB a DET long ADJ road NOUN home ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Teasing tease VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 Mole det 3 Mole mole NOUN Number=Sing 1 Teasing obj 4 for for SCONJ _ 5 taking mark 5 taking take VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Teasing advcl 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 road det 7 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 8 road amod 8 road road NOUN Number=Sing 5 taking obj 9 home home ADV _ 5 taking advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tease gerund the Mole vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Patient 2 take gerund a long road home property vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme
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