Test 1 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank…

Mia, bit salty (annoyed): «the Rat taught the Mole to row straight away, he was a natural.» Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia, Rat, Mole, you · What happens: bite, teach, row, be, put · To what, where: Mole · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 28 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank (the Mole grabs the oars, the boat goes over, and a friendship begins)» 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: Mia, bit salty (annoyed): «the Rat taught the Mole to row straight away, he was a natural.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 bit	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Mia	punct
3	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bit	xcomp
5	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 annoyed	punct
6	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 salty	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 annoyed	punct
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 taught	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 taught	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Rat	det
11	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 taught	nsubj
12	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bit	parataxis
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Mole	det
14	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 taught	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 row	mark
16	row	row	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 taught	xcomp
17	straight	straight	ADV	_	18 away	advmod
18	away	away	ADV	_	16 row	advmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 natural	punct
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 natural	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 natural	cop
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 natural	det
23	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 taught	conj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bit	punct
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 bit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bite	past	Mia		salty property	tree rules
2	teach speech: other in a quote	past	the Rat	the Mole		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent mole=Recipient clause=Topic
3	row in a quote	to-infinitive	the Mole not said here		away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
4	is in a quote	past	Rat		natural property	tree rules

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

No, the Rat said yes; the Mole rowed well first time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 said	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 rowed	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Mole	det
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rowed	nsubj
10	rowed	row	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	conj
11	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 rowed	advmod
12	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 time	amod
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rowed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the Rat						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic
2	row	past	the Mole				time	well property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The Rat said «Not yet»; the Mole grabbed the oars and tipped them over

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 yet	punct
5	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 yet	advmod
6	yet	yet	ADV	_	3 said	advmod
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 yet	punct
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 grabbed	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Mole	det
10	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 grabbed	nsubj
11	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 oars	det
13	oars	oar	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 grabbed	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 tipped	cc
15	tipped	tip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 tipped	obj
17	over	over	ADP	_	15 tipped	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the Rat		yet	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	grab	past	the Mole	the oars		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oar=Theme
3	tip over	past	the Rat not said here	oars = oar		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

The Rat said «Yes», and the Mole rowed nicely until the Rat fell in the river

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 Yes	punct
5	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 said	obj
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 Yes	punct
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 rowed	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 rowed	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Mole	det
10	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rowed	nsubj
11	rowed	row	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
12	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	11 rowed	advmod
13	until	until	SCONJ	_	16 fell	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Rat	det
15	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 fell	nsubj
16	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 rowed	advcl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 river	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 river	det
19	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the Rat			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic
2	row	past	the Mole		nicely property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	fall	past	the Rat	the river		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in river=Location

Option 4

The Rat taught the Mole to row straight away, and the Mole rowed beautifully

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 taught	nsubj
3	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mole	det
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taught	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 row	mark
7	row	row	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 taught	xcomp
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	9 away	advmod
9	away	away	ADV	_	7 row	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 rowed	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 rowed	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Mole	det
13	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rowed	nsubj
14	rowed	row	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 taught	conj
15	beautifully	beautifully	ADV	_	14 rowed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	past	the Rat	the Mole		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent mole=Recipient clause=Topic
2	row	to-infinitive	the Mole not said here		away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	row	past	the Mole		beautifully property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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