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Test 8 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank…

The Mole says «Oh, it's all very well to talk» rather pettishly when the Rat asks him over. Why is he a bit cross?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mole, Rat · What happens: say, be, talk, ask over · To what, where: him, bit cross · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ 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 Mole says «Oh, it's all very well to talk» rather pettishly when the Rat asks him over.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mole	det
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 talk	punct
5	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	11 well	discourse
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Oh	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 well	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 well	cop
9	all	all	ADV	_	11 well	advmod
10	very	very	ADV	_	11 well	advmod
11	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 talk	advmod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 talk	mark
13	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 talk	punct
15	rather	rather	ADV	_	16 pettishly	advmod
16	pettishly	pettishly	ADV	_	13 talk	advmod
17	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	20 asks	advmod
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Rat	det
19	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 asks	nsubj
20	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 pettishly	advcl
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 asks	obj
22	over	over	ADP	_	20 asks	compound:prt
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the Mole						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	Mole					all, well property	tree rules
3	talk in a quote	to-infinitive						pettishly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	ask over speech: ask	present	the Rat		him = he				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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 is he a bit cross?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 cross	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cross	cop
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cross	nsubj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cross	det
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cross	compound
6	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 cross	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Rat	a bit cross					tree rules

The options

Option 1

He doesn't like the Rat much

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 like	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 like	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 like	advmod
4	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Rat	det
6	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 like	obj
7	much	much	ADV	_	4 like	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not like	present · do-support	He	the Rat					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rat=Theme

Option 2

He is shy and wants to stay inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 shy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shy	cop
3	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wants	cc
5	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shy	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stay	mark
7	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wants	xcomp
8	inside	inside	ADV	_	7 stay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					shy property	tree rules
2	want	present	He not said here						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here					inside property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He can't see how he could get across

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 see	advmod
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 get	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 get	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 get	aux
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 see	ccomp
9	across	across	ADV	_	8 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	He						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	get	could	he					across property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

He is hungry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hungry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	cop
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

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