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Test 11 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road…

Looking back: in chapter I, the Otter said Toad has «no stability». How does the empty boat-house prove it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Otter, Toad, empty boat house · What happens: look back, say, have, prove · To what, where: stability · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ 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: Looking back: in chapter I, the Otter said Toad has «no stability».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 chapter	csubj
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 chapter	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Otter	det
9	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chapter	parataxis
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 has	nsubj
12	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 said	ccomp
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 stability	punct
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 stability	det
15	stability	stability	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 has	obj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 stability	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past	the Otter						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	have	present	Toad	no stability					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stability=Patient

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: How does the empty boat-house prove it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 prove	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 prove	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 house	det
4	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 house	amod
5	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 house	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 boat	punct
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prove	nsubj
8	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 prove	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 prove	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present · do-support	the empty boat house	stability					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

The options

Option 1

He has lost all his money

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 lost	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 money	det:predet
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 money	nmod:poss
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present · perfect	He	his money					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He is bored of the river

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 bored	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bored	aux:pass
3	bored	bore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 river	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bore	present · passive		He				of the river	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 3

He's already given up boating, yet he bought the boats only last month

The tree, 14 words

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	4 given	nsubj:pass
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux
3	already	already	ADV	_	4 given	advmod
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 given	compound:prt
6	boating	boating	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bought	punct
8	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	10 bought	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 bought	nsubj
10	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 given	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 boats	det
12	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bought	obj
13	only	only	ADV	_	15 month	advmod
14	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 month	amod
15	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bought	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	present · passive		He					tree rules
2	buy	past	he	the boats			month		vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He's already given up boating

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	4 given	nsubj:pass
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux
3	already	already	ADV	_	4 given	advmod
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 given	compound:prt
6	boating	boating	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	present · passive		He					tree rules

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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