Test 2 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank…

«his pride began to whisper that he could do it every bit as well». What does this mean?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: pride, his, this · What happens: begin, whisper, do, pride, mean · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ 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: «his pride began to whisper that he could do it every bit as well».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 began	punct
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 pride	nmod:poss
3	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 began	nsubj
4	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 whisper	mark
6	whisper	whisper	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 began	xcomp
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 do	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 do	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 do	aux
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 whisper	ccomp
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 do	obj
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 bit	det
13	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 do	obl:unmarked
14	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	10 do	advmod
15	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 as	fixed
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 began	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	begin in a quote	past	his pride			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	whisper speech: assert in a quote	to-infinitive	his pride not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	do in a quote	could	pride	it	every bit obl:unmarked	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
4	pride in a quote		his = he			nom pride «feeling 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: What does this mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	this						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

His pride made him believe he was as skilled as a boatman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 pride	nmod:poss
2	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	obj
5	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 made	xcomp
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 skilled	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 skilled	aux:pass
8	as	as	ADV	_	9 skilled	advmod
9	skilled	skill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 believe	ccomp
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 boatman	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 boatman	det
12	boatman	boatman	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 skilled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	past	His pride	him = he		tree rules
2	believe	infinitive	him = he not said here			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	skill	past · passive		pride	as a boatman	tree rules
4	pride		His = he			nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

His vanity told him he could row as well as anyone there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 vanity	nmod:poss
2	vanity	vanity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	iobj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 row	nsubj
6	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 row	aux
7	row	row	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 told	ccomp
8	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	7 row	advmod
9	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 as	fixed
10	as	as	ADP	_	11 anyone	case
11	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 row	obl
12	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 anyone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	His vanity		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	row	could	vanity					as anyone	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

His pride made him think he was as good as the Rat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 pride	nmod:poss
2	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	obj
5	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 made	xcomp
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 good	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 good	cop
8	as	as	ADV	_	9 good	advmod
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 think	ccomp
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 Rat	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Rat	det
12	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 good	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	past	His pride	him = he		tree rules
2	think speech: other	infinitive	him = he not said here			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	pride		as the Rat; good property	tree rules
4	pride		His = he			nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He was proud of the boat

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 proud	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 proud	cop
3	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 boat	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boat	det
6	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proud	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					of the boat; proud property	tree rules

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