Test 1 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road…
Tom, wicked (very) sure of it: «the Rat's song was about the Mole falling in the river.» Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: song, Mole, Rat, you · What happens: be, fall, sing, put · To what, where: river, song
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 29 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road (the Ducks' Ditty, and a visit to Toad Hall)» 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: Tom, wicked (very) sure of it: «the Rat's song was about the Mole falling in the river.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wicked | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 wicked | punct |
| 3 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 very | punct |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 sure | advmod |
| 6 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 very | punct |
| 7 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 wicked | ccomp |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sure | obl |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 19 Mole | punct |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 19 Mole | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Rat | det |
| 13 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 song | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 Rat | case |
| 15 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 Mole | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 Mole | cop |
| 17 | about | about | ADP | _ | 19 Mole | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Mole | det |
| 19 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wicked | conj |
| 20 | falling | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 19 Mole | acl |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 river | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 river | det |
| 23 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 falling | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wicked | punct |
| 25 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 wicked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | the Rat's song | about the Mole | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fall in a quote | gerund | the Mole not said here | the river | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in river=Location | ||||
| 3 | sing in a quote | the Rat | nom song «communication intransitive»: 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: 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 | song | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
It was about ducks dabbling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ducks | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ducks | cop |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 ducks | case |
| 4 | ducks | duck | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | dabbling | dabble | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 ducks | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | It | about ducks | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | dabble | gerund | ducks not said here | tree rules |
Option 2
It was about Toad's boat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 boat | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 boat | cop |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 boat | case |
| 4 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 boat | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Toad | case |
| 6 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | It | about Toad's boat | tree rules |
Option 3
It was about the Mole's unhappy night in the cold river under the weir
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 night | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 night | cop |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 night | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Mole | det |
| 5 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 night | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Mole | case |
| 7 | unhappy | unhappy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 night | amod |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 river | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 river | det |
| 11 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 river | amod |
| 12 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 night | nmod |
| 13 | under | under | ADP | _ | 15 weir | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 weir | det |
| 15 | weir | weir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 river | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | It | the cold river under the weir | about the Mole's unhappy night | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
It was about the Mole falling into the river and getting very wet indeed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 falling | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 falling | aux |
| 3 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 6 falling | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Mole | det |
| 5 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 falling | nsubj |
| 6 | falling | fall | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 river | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 river | det |
| 9 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 falling | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 getting | cc |
| 11 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 falling | conj |
| 12 | very | very | ADV | _ | 13 wet | advmod |
| 13 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 getting | xcomp |
| 14 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 11 getting | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past · progressive | It | into the river result | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into river=Result | ||||
| 2 | get | gerund | indeed, wet property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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