Test 8 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank…
The Mole sees the bubbles again after the Otter vanishes. What does that tell him?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mole, Otter, that · What happens: see, vanish, tell · To what, where: bubbles, Otter · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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 Mole sees the bubbles again after the Otter vanishes.
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 sees | nsubj |
| 3 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bubbles | det |
| 5 | bubbles | bubble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sees | obj |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 3 sees | advmod |
| 7 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 10 vanishes | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Otter | det |
| 9 | Otter | Otter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 vanishes | nsubj |
| 10 | vanishes | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sees | advcl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | the Mole | the bubbles | again | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bubble=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | vanish | present | the Otter | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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: What does that tell him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 tell | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | iobj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · do-support | that | Otter | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
The Otter has fallen asleep underwater
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 | 4 fallen | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fallen | aux |
| 4 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 underwater | amod |
| 6 | underwater | underwater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fallen | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | present · perfect | the Otter | asleep underwater | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient underwater=Result |
Option 2
He is coming back up soon
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 coming | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 coming | aux |
| 3 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 coming | advmod |
| 5 | up | up | ADV | _ | 3 coming | advmod |
| 6 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 coming | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | present · progressive | He | soon property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The Otter is swimming away underwater
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 | 4 swimming | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 swimming | aux |
| 4 | swimming | swim | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 swimming | advmod |
| 6 | underwater | underwater | ADV | _ | 4 swimming | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim away | present · progressive | the Otter | away, underwater property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
The Otter has come up for air somewhere far downstream and is waving to them
The tree, 15 words
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 | 4 come | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 come | aux |
| 4 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 come | compound:prt |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 air | case |
| 7 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 come | obl |
| 8 | somewhere | somewhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 come | advmod |
| 9 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 downstream | advmod |
| 10 | downstream | downstream | ADV | _ | 8 somewhere | advmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 waving | cc |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 waving | aux |
| 13 | waving | wave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 come | conj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 them | case |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 waving | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come up | present · perfect | the Otter | for air; somewhere property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | wave | present · progressive | the Otter not said here | them = they | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient |
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