Test 4 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road…

The ducks ask why «fellows» can't be left to do what they like without others watching and «making remarks and poetry». Is that fair?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ducks, fellows, others, that · What happens: ask, not leave, do, like, watch, make · To what, where: fellows, remarks · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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: The ducks ask why «fellows» can't be left to do what they like without others watching and «making remarks and poetry».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ducks	det
2	ducks	duck	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ask	nsubj
3	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 left	advmod
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 fellows	punct
6	fellows	fellow	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 left	nsubj:pass
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 fellows	punct
8	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 left	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 left	advmod
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 left	aux:pass
11	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ask	ccomp
12	to	to	PART	_	13 do	mark
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 left	advcl
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 do	obj
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 like	nsubj
16	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 what	acl:relcl
17	without	without	SCONJ	_	19 watching	mark
18	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 watching	nsubj
19	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 like	advcl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 making	cc
21	«	«	PUNCT	_	22 making	punct
22	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 watching	conj
23	remarks	remark	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 making	obj
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 poetry	cc
25	poetry	poetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 remarks	conj
26	»	»	PUNCT	_	22 making	punct
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	the ducks		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not leave	can · passive		fellows	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	do	to-infinitive			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
4	like	present	fellows = fellow		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
5	watch	gerund	others		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
6	make in a quote	gerund	others not said here	remarks and poetry	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset remark=Product

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: Is that fair?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fair	cop
2	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 fair	nsubj
3	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					fair property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Partly: nobody likes being watched and written about, though the ducks are rude to say so

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Partly	partly	ADV	_	4 likes	advmod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Partly	punct
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 likes	nsubj
4	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 watched	aux:pass
6	watched	watch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 likes	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 written	cc
8	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 watched	conj
9	about	about	ADV	_	8 written	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 rude	punct
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	15 rude	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ducks	det
13	ducks	duck	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 rude	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 rude	cop
15	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 likes	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 say	mark
17	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 rude	csubj
18	so	so	ADV	_	17 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	like	present	nobody	partly property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	watch not said to happen	gerund · passive	nobody not said here		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»
3	write	participle	nobody not said here	about property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	the ducks	rude property	tree rules
5	say speech: assert	to-infinitive			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

No, it isn't fair at all, since the Rat is rude to write poems about every creature he meets

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 fair	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fair	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fair	cop
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 fair	advmod
6	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 fair	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 rude	punct
10	since	since	SCONJ	_	14 rude	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Rat	det
12	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 rude	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 rude	cop
14	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fair	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 write	mark
16	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 rude	advcl
17	poems	poem	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 write	obj
18	about	about	ADP	_	20 creature	case
19	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	20 creature	det
20	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 poems	nmod
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 meets	nsubj
22	meets	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 creature	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not is	present	it		all	fair property	tree rules
2	is	present	the Rat			rude property	tree rules
3	write	to-infinitive	the Rat not said here	poems		about every creature	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent poem=Recipient about creature=Topic
4	meet	present	he	every creature not said here			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creature=Co-Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, a bit: nobody likes being watched and written about

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 likes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 likes	obl:unmarked
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 likes	punct
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 likes	nsubj
7	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 watched	aux:pass
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 watched	aux:pass
9	watched	watch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 written	cc
11	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 watched	conj
12	about	about	ADP	_	11 written	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	present · passive							vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»
2	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Not fair: the Rat should write more poems

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 fair	advmod
2	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 write	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 write	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 write	aux
7	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 fair	conj
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 poems	amod
9	poems	poem	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 write	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	should	the Rat	more poems					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Theme

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