Test 1 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 2: The Open Road…

Sam, sound (fine) with it: «Toad was dead modest about his house». Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Toad, you · What happens: be, put · To what, where: house

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 30 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 2: The Open Road (Toad's canary-coloured caravan)» 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: Sam, sound (fine) with it: «Toad was dead modest about his house».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 sound	punct
3	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sam	appos
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 fine	punct
5	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sound	amod
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 fine	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fine	obl
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 modest	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 modest	punct
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 modest	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 modest	cop
13	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 modest	amod
14	modest	modest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Sam	parataxis
15	about	about	ADP	_	17 house	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 house	nmod:poss
17	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 modest	obl
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 modest	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Sam	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	Toad					about Toad's house; modest property	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	house				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1

He was dead modest, so he said nothing at all about the wonderful house

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 modest	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 modest	cop
3	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 modest	amod
4	modest	modest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 said	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 modest	conj
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 said	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	fixed
11	all	all	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 said	advmod
12	about	about	ADP	_	15 house	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 house	det
14	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 house	amod
15	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					modest property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	he	nothing				about the wonderful house; all property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

Option 2

He told everyone it was a tiny hut

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	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 told	obj
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hut	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 hut	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hut	det
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hut	amod
8	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	He		everyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient
2	is a	past	it	a tiny hut					tree rules

Option 3

He boasted it was the finest anywhere, and that nobody else had a house like it

The tree, 16 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	2 boasted	nsubj
2	boasted	boast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 anywhere	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 anywhere	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 anywhere	det
6	finest	fine	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 anywhere	amod
7	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	2 boasted	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 had	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 had	cc
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 had	mark
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 had	nsubj
12	else	else	ADV	_	11 nobody	advmod
13	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 boasted	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 house	det
15	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 had	obj
16	like	like	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 house	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	boast speech: other	past	He			vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	it		anywhere property	tree rules
3	have	past	nobody	a house	like house	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He boasted it was the finest anywhere

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	2 boasted	nsubj
2	boasted	boast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 finest	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 finest	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 finest	det
6	finest	fine	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 boasted	obj
7	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	2 boasted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boast speech: other	past	He					anywhere property	vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	it					fine property	tree rules

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