Test 4 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank…
Ruby, bit delulu (believing something silly): «Toad sails, punts and house-boats every day, he loves all three, forever.» Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ruby, you · What happens: bite, believe, love, put · To what, where: delulu, something, three · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Ruby, bit delulu (believing something silly): «Toad sails, punts and house-boats every day, he loves all three, forever.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 bit | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ruby | punct |
| 3 | bit | bite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | delulu | delulu | X | Foreign=Yes | 3 bit | obj |
| 5 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 6 believing | punct |
| 6 | believing | believe | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 bit | advcl |
| 7 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 believing | obj |
| 8 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 something | amod |
| 9 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 7 something | punct |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 sails | punct |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 sails | punct |
| 12 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 sails | compound |
| 13 | sails | sail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 something | appos |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 punts | punct |
| 15 | punts | punt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 sails | conj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 boats | cc |
| 17 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 boats | compound |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 house | punct |
| 19 | boats | boat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 sails | conj |
| 20 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 21 day | det |
| 21 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 believing | obl:unmarked |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 loves | punct |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 loves | nsubj |
| 24 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 bit | parataxis |
| 25 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 26 three | det |
| 26 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 24 loves | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 forever | punct |
| 28 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 26 three | advmod |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 loves | punct |
| 30 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 24 loves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite | past | Ruby | delulu | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | believe | gerund | Ruby not said here | something | day | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | love in a quote | present | Ruby | all three | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer three=Stimulus |
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 | delulu | 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
He does one at a time and gets bored
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 does | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 does | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 time | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 time | det |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 gets | cc |
| 8 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 does | conj |
| 9 | bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 gets | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | He | one | time | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | get | present | He not said here | bored property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
He tries all three together every day and never gets bored of any of them at all
The tree, 17 words
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 tries | nsubj |
| 2 | tries | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 three | det |
| 4 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 tries | obj |
| 5 | together | together | ADV | _ | 2 tries | advmod |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tries | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 bored | cc |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 bored | advmod |
| 10 | gets | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 bored | aux:pass |
| 11 | bored | bore | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 tries | conj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 any | case |
| 13 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 11 bored | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 them | case |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 any | nmod |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 all | case |
| 17 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 bored | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | present | He | all three | day | together property | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent three=Eventuality | ||
| 2 | not bore | present · passive | He not said here | all | of any | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: at all=Location |
Option 3
He keeps every hobby for life
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 keeps | nsubj |
| 2 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 hobby | det |
| 4 | hobby | hobby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keeps | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 life | case |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keeps | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | He | every hobby | for life | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hobby=Theme |
Option 4
He sells off every boat he owns
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 sells | nsubj |
| 2 | sells | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 sells | compound:prt |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 boat | det |
| 5 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sells | obj |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 owns | nsubj |
| 7 | owns | own | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 boat | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell off | present | He | every boat | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme | ||||
| 2 | own | present | he | every boat not said here | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot boat=Theme |
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