Test 4 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank…

«the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.» Is the writer being serious?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: best part, other fellows, writer · What happens: not be, rest, see, work, be · To what, where: yourself, other fellows

This is test 4 · ★★ 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 best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 much	punct
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 part	det
3	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 part	amod
4	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 much	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 holiday	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 holiday	det
7	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 part	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 much	cop
9	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	12 much	advmod
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 much	advmod
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 much	advmod
12	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	to	to	PART	_	15 resting	mark
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 resting	aux
15	resting	rest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 much	advcl
16	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	15 resting	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 see	punct
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	20 see	mark
19	to	to	PART	_	20 see	mark
20	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 much	advcl
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	24 fellows	det:predet
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 fellows	det
23	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 fellows	amod
24	fellows	fellow	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 see	obj
25	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 fellows	amod
26	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	25 busy	xcomp
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 much	punct
28	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 much	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not is in a quote	present	the best part of a holiday		much, perhaps property	tree rules
2	rest in a quote	to-infinitive · progressive	the best part of a holiday not said here	yourself		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location yourself=Theme
3	see in a quote	to-infinitive	the best part of a holiday not said here	all other fellows		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fellow=Stimulus
4	work in a quote	gerund	all other fellows not said here			vn employment-95.3 «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.

Sentence 2: Is the writer being serious?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 serious	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 writer	det
3	writer	writer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 serious	nsubj
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 serious	cop
5	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 serious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the writer					serious property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, serious: he really wants the Mole to rest in the sun all day long

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 serious	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 serious	punct
3	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 wants	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wants	nsubj
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 wants	advmod
7	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 serious	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Mole	det
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wants	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 rest	mark
11	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wants	advcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 sun	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sun	det
14	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rest	obl
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 day	det
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rest	obl:unmarked
17	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 rest	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	he	the Mole					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot mole=Theme
2	rest	to-infinitive	he not said here			the sun	day	long property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun=Location

Option 2

Partly: he means it but only for the rabbits

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Partly	partly	ADV	_	4 means	advmod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Partly	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	obj
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 rabbits	cc
7	only	only	ADV	_	10 rabbits	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 rabbits	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rabbits	det
10	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 means	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	he	it				partly property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Not really: it's a cheeky joke that's a bit true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 really	advmod
2	really	really	ADV	_	8 joke	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 joke	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 joke	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 joke	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 joke	det
7	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 joke	amod
8	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 's	nsubj
10	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 joke	acl:relcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bit	det
12	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 true	obl:unmarked
13	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 's	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a cheeky joke					tree rules
2	be	present	a cheeky joke					true property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, he is serious, and he means every word about resting in holidays

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 serious	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 serious	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 serious	cop
5	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 means	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 means	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 means	nsubj
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 serious	parataxis
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 word	det
11	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 means	obj
12	about	about	SCONJ	_	13 resting	mark
13	resting	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 word	acl
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 holidays	case
15	holidays	holiday	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 resting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	he			serious property	tree rules
2	mean	present	he	every word			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic
3	rest	gerund	every word not said here		holidays		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in holiday=Location

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