Test 1 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank…
Kai, yeah nah (no) about it: «the Otter was dead rude and the Mole didn't like him.» Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kai, Mole, you · What happens: be, not like, put · To what, where: Otter, Mole
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 27 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank (the Otter, a glimpse of Badger, and Toad in his new boat)» 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: Kai, yeah nah (no) about it: «the Otter was dead rude and the Mole didn't like him.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 rude | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kai | punct |
| 3 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 nah | discourse |
| 4 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 1 Kai | discourse |
| 5 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 6 no | punct |
| 6 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 16 rude | discourse |
| 7 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 6 no | punct |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 no | nmod |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 rude | punct |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 16 rude | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Otter | det |
| 13 | Otter | Otter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 rude | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 rude | cop |
| 15 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 rude | amod |
| 16 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 like | cc |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Mole | det |
| 19 | Mole | Mole | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 like | nsubj |
| 20 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 like | aux |
| 21 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 22 like | advmod |
| 22 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 rude | conj |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 like | obj |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 rude | punct |
| 25 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 rude | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | Kai | rude property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not like in a quote | past · do-support | the Mole | Otter | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme |
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: Put it right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | Mole | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They were friends «forthwith»
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 friends | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 friends | cop |
| 3 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 forthwith | punct |
| 5 | forthwith | forthwith | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 friends | conj |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 friends | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | They | friends | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be in a quote | They not said here | tree rules |
Option 2
They were old friends who had known each other for years and years
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 friends | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 friends | cop |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 friends | amod |
| 4 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 known | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 known | aux |
| 7 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 friends | acl:relcl |
| 8 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 other | det |
| 9 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 known | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 years | case |
| 11 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 known | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 years | cc |
| 13 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 friends | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | They | old friends and years | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | know | past · perfect · passive | old friends and years | year | tree rules |
Option 3
They became strangers
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 | 2 became | nsubj |
| 2 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | strangers | stranger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 became | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past | They | strangers | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
They were not friends yet
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 friends | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 friends | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 friends | advmod |
| 4 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 4 friends | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | past | They | friends | yet | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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