Test 5 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road…
Jess, bostin' (brilliant) mood: «the Rat said Toad's a genius and dead modest». Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat, Toad, you · What happens: say, be, put · To what, where: genius · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Jess, bostin' (brilliant) mood: «the Rat said Toad's a genius and dead modest».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jess | Jess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 mood | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 bostin | punct |
| 3 | bostin | bostin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 mood | compound |
| 4 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 bostin | punct |
| 5 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 6 brilliant | punct |
| 6 | brilliant | brilliant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 mood | amod |
| 7 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 6 brilliant | punct |
| 8 | mood | mood | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
| 10 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Rat | det |
| 12 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 said | nsubj |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 mood | conj |
| 14 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 genius | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 genius | cop |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 genius | det |
| 17 | genius | genius | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 said | ccomp |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 modest | cc |
| 19 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 modest | amod |
| 20 | modest | modest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 genius | conj |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 20 modest | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 mood | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | the Rat | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Toad | a genius | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be in a quote | Toad not said here | tree rules |
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 | genius | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1
«He's very clever» and boastful indeed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 clever | punct |
| 2 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 clever | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 clever | cop |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 clever | advmod |
| 5 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 clever | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 boastful | cc |
| 8 | boastful | boastful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 clever | conj |
| 9 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 5 clever | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | He | clever, indeed property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | He not said here | tree rules |
Option 2
«He's very clever», and modest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 clever | punct |
| 2 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 clever | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 clever | cop |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 clever | advmod |
| 5 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 clever | punct |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 clever | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 modest | cc |
| 9 | modest | modest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 clever | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | He | clever property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | He not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
«He's a fool», and proud
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 fool | punct |
| 2 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 fool | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fool | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 fool | det |
| 5 | fool | fool | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 fool | punct |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 proud | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 proud | cc |
| 9 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fool | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | He | a fool | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
«Perhaps he's not very clever», and boastful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 clever | punct |
| 2 | Perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 7 clever | advmod |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 clever | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 clever | cop |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 clever | advmod |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 clever | advmod |
| 7 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 clever | punct |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 clever | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 boastful | cc |
| 11 | boastful | boastful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 clever | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is in a quote | present | he | clever, perhaps property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | he not said here | tree rules |
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