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Test 5 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 2: The Open Road…

Ava, flexing (showing off): «the Rat begged Toad to let him come.» Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ava, Toad, you · What happens: flex, show off, beg, let, come, put · To what, where: Toad, Rat

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Ava, flexing (showing off): «the Rat begged Toad to let him come.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 begged	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ava	punct
3	flexing	flex	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 begged	advcl
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 showing	punct
5	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 flexing	conj
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 showing	compound:prt
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 showing	punct
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 begged	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 begged	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Rat	det
11	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 begged	nsubj
12	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 begged	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 let	mark
15	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 begged	advcl
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 let	obj
17	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 let	xcomp
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 begged	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 begged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flex	gerund	Ava not said here						vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	show off	gerund	Ava not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	beg speech: request in a quote	past	Ava		Toad				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent toad=Recipient
4	let in a quote	to-infinitive	Ava not said here	Toad					tree rules
5	come in a quote	infinitive	Toad not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «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: 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	Rat				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1

The Mole begged Toad to let him come

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mole	det
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 begged	nsubj
3	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 begged	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 let	mark
6	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 begged	advcl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 let	obj
8	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	the Mole		Toad				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent toad=Recipient
2	let	to-infinitive	the Mole not said here	Toad					tree rules
3	come	infinitive	Toad not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The Rat was pleased at first and asked Toad to take him on the trip right away

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pleased	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pleased	cop
4	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 first	case
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 pleased	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 asked	cc
8	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pleased	conj
9	Toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asked	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 take	mark
11	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 asked	xcomp
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 take	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 trip	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 trip	det
15	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 take	obl
16	right	right	ADV	_	17 away	advmod
17	away	away	ADV	_	11 take	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Rat					pleased property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	past	the Rat not said here		Toad				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent toad=Recipient clause=Topic
3	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Rat not said here	Toad		the trip		away property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme on trip=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Rat refused flatly at first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 refused	nsubj
3	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	flatly	flatly	ADV	_	3 refused	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 first	case
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 refused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	the Rat					flatly property	vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The Rat agreed at once to come

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 agreed	nsubj
3	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 agreed	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 come	mark
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 agreed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	the Rat						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Rat not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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