Test 6 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road…
«Always glad to see you, always sorry when you go!» What kind of host is Toad?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, kind · What happens: see, go, be · To what, where: you, Toad
This is test 6 · ★★ 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: «Always glad to see you, always sorry when you go!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 glad | punct |
| 2 | Always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 glad | advmod |
| 3 | glad | glad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 glad | xcomp |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 see | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sorry | punct |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 sorry | advmod |
| 9 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 glad | conj |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 go | advmod |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 go | nsubj |
| 12 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 sorry | advcl |
| 13 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 glad | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 glad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | to-infinitive | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | go in a quote | present | you | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: What kind of host is Toad?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 kind | det |
| 2 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Toad | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 host | case |
| 4 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kind | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 Toad | cop |
| 6 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 Toad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | what kind of host | Toad | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Friendly and welcoming
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 welcoming | cc |
| 3 | welcoming | welcoming | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Friendly | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Bored and impatient
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 impatient | cc |
| 3 | impatient | impatient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Bored | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Lazy and forgetful host
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 host | amod |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 forgetful | cc |
| 3 | forgetful | forgetful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Lazy | conj |
| 4 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Friendly and welcoming, but always in a great hurry to get rid of guests
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 hurry | amod |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 welcoming | cc |
| 3 | welcoming | welcoming | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Friendly | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 hurry | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 hurry | cc |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 10 hurry | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 hurry | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 hurry | det |
| 9 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 hurry | amod |
| 10 | hurry | hurry | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 get | mark |
| 12 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 hurry | acl |
| 13 | rid | rid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 get | xcomp |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 guests | case |
| 15 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 rid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | to-infinitive | rid property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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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