Test 7 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank…

«I am very sorry indeed for my foolish and ungrateful conduct.» Why «ungrateful»?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, my · What happens: be, conduct

This is test 7 · ★★ 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: «I am very sorry indeed for my foolish and ungrateful conduct.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 sorry	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 sorry	nsubj
3	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sorry	cop
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 sorry	advmod
5	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	5 sorry	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	12 conduct	case
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 conduct	nmod:poss
9	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 conduct	amod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 ungrateful	cc
11	ungrateful	ungrateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 foolish	conj
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sorry	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sorry	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 sorry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	I					for my foolish conduct; indeed, sorry property	tree rules
2	conduct in a quote		my						nom conduct «act 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 «ungrateful»?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 ungrateful	punct
3	ungrateful	ungrateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Why	advcl:relcl
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 ungrateful	punct
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

The Rat was kind all day, and the Mole grabbed his oars

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	4 kind	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kind	cop
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kind	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 grabbed	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 grabbed	cc
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	4 kind	conj
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 oars	nmod:poss
13	oars	oar	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 grabbed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Rat				day	kind property	tree rules
2	grab	past	the Mole	Mole's oars					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oar=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The Rat was kind all day, but the Mole never said thank you for the lunch or the lessons at all

The tree, 21 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	4 kind	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kind	cop
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kind	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 thank	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 thank	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Mole	det
10	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 thank	nsubj
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 said	advmod
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 Mole	acl:relcl
13	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 kind	parataxis
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 thank	obj
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 lunch	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 lunch	det
17	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 thank	obl
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 lessons	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 lessons	det
20	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 lunch	conj
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 all	case
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 kind	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Rat		all	day	kind property	tree rules
2	not say speech: assert	past	the Mole not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	thank speech: thank	present	the Mole	you			for the lunch or the lessons	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for lunch=Attribute

Option 3

The Rat was kind all day and taught him patiently, and the Mole grabbed his oars and then dropped the luncheon-basket in the river

The tree, 25 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	4 kind	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kind	cop
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kind	obl:unmarked
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 taught	cc
8	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kind	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 taught	obj
10	patiently	patiently	ADV	_	8 taught	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 grabbed	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 grabbed	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Mole	det
14	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 grabbed	nsubj
15	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kind	parataxis
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 oars	nmod:poss
17	oars	oar	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 grabbed	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 dropped	cc
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 dropped	advmod
20	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 grabbed	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 basket	det
22	luncheon	luncheon	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 basket	compound
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 luncheon	punct
24	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 dropped	obj
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 river	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 river	det
27	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Rat				day	kind property	tree rules
2	teach speech: other	past	the Rat not said here		him = he			patiently property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	grab	past	the Mole	Mole's oars					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oar=Theme
4	drop	past	the Mole not said here	the luncheon basket		the river	then		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent basket=Theme in river=Destination

Option 4

He spent the picnic arguing with the Rat about rowing

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 spent	nsubj
2	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 picnic	det
4	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spent	obj
5	arguing	argue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 spent	advcl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 Rat	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rat	det
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 spent	obl
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 rowing	case
10	rowing	rowing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	past	He	the picnic				with the Rat; about rowing	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picnic=Asset
2	argue speech: disagree	gerund	He not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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