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Test 2 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank…

The Otter says he wanted «a moment's peace» and then «I beg pardon—I don't exactly mean that». Why does he apologise?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Otter, moment · What happens: say, want, beg, not mean, pacify, apologise · To what, where: peace, pardon, that · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ 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: The Otter says he wanted «a moment's peace» and then «I beg pardon—I don't exactly mean that».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Otter	det
2	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 peace	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 moment	det
8	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 peace	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 moment	case
10	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 peace	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 beg	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 beg	advmod
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 beg	punct
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 beg	nsubj
16	beg	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wanted	conj
17	pardon	pardon	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 beg	obj
18	—	-	PUNCT	_	23 mean	punct
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 mean	nsubj
20	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 mean	aux
21	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 mean	advmod
22	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	23 mean	advmod
23	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
24	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 mean	obj
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	23 mean	punct
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the Otter						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	want	past	Otter	a moment's peace					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot peace=Theme
3	beg speech: request in a quote	present	the Otter = otter	pardon			then		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent pardon=Recipient
4	not mean in a quote	present · do-support	the Otter = otter	that				exactly property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic
5	pacify in a quote		a moment						nom peace «state transitive»: poss=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: Why does he apologise?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 apologise	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 apologise	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 apologise	nsubj
4	apologise	apologise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 apologise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apologise speech: apologize	present · do-support	Otter						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It sounded like he didn't want to see them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sounded	nsubj
2	sounded	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	SCONJ	_	7 want	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 want	nsubj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 want	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 want	advmod
7	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sounded	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 see	mark
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 want	xcomp
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	past	It						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	not want	past · do-support	he						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	them = they					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 2

He felt a bit ashamed of lunch

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	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ashamed	obl:unmarked
5	ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	xcomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 lunch	case
7	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ashamed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He					ashamed property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

He was feeling rather tired

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 feeling	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 feeling	aux
3	feeling	feel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	rather	rather	ADV	_	5 tired	advmod
5	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 feeling	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past · progressive	He					tired property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

He was rude

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 rude	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rude	cop
3	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

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