Test 5 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank…
Lily, lowkey mardy (a bit sulky): «the Mole had lived by the river all his life, so what's the big deal.» Is she right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mole, lowkey mardy, Lily · What happens: live, be · To what, where: life, big deal
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Lily, lowkey mardy (a bit sulky): «the Mole had lived by the river all his life, so what's the big deal.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 mardy | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 mardy | punct |
| 3 | lowkey | lowkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mardy | compound |
| 4 | mardy | mardy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 8 sulky | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bit | det |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sulky | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | sulky | sulky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 mardy | parataxis |
| 9 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 8 sulky | punct |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 15 lived | punct |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 15 lived | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Mole | det |
| 13 | Mole | Mole | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 lived | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 lived | aux |
| 15 | lived | live | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 mardy | acl |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 river | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 river | det |
| 18 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 lived | obl |
| 19 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 21 life | det:predet |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 life | nmod:poss |
| 21 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 lived | obl:unmarked |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 deal | punct |
| 23 | so | so | ADV | _ | 28 deal | advmod |
| 24 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 28 deal | nsubj |
| 25 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 deal | cop |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 deal | det |
| 27 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 deal | amod |
| 28 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mardy | parataxis |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 28 deal | punct |
| 30 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 mardy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live in a quote | past · perfect | the Mole | Mole's life | by the river | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme mardy=Location | |||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | lowkey mardy | the big deal | 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: Is she right?
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 | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Lily | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes: he knew all about the stream
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 knew | discourse |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 knew | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 knew | nsubj |
| 4 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 4 knew | advmod |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 stream | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 stream | det |
| 8 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 knew | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | he | about the stream; all property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about stream=Stimulus |
Option 2
Yes, he had lived beside the river since he was very small indeed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 lived | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 lived | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 lived | aux |
| 5 | lived | live | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 8 river | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 river | det |
| 8 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lived | obl |
| 9 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 13 small | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 small | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 small | cop |
| 12 | very | very | ADV | _ | 13 small | advmod |
| 13 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 lived | advcl |
| 14 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 5 lived | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past · perfect | he | the river | indeed property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside river=Location | |||
| 2 | is | past | he | small property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No: he'd never seen a river before
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 seen | det |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 seen | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 seen | nsubj |
| 4 | 'd | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 seen | aux |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 seen | advmod |
| 6 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 river | det |
| 8 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 seen | obj |
| 9 | before | before | ADV | _ | 6 seen | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | past · perfect | he | a river | before property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer river=Stimulus |
Option 4
No, he has seen rivers but never a big one like this
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 seen | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 seen | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 seen | aux |
| 5 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | rivers | river | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 seen | obj |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 one | cc |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 one | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 one | det |
| 10 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 one | amod |
| 11 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 seen | conj |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 13 this | case |
| 13 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 one | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present · perfect | he | rivers | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer river=Stimulus |
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