Test 8 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 2: The Open Road…
The book calls the caravan a «gipsy caravan». How do we see that word today?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: book, we · What happens: call, see · To what, where: caravan, word · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: The book calls the caravan a «gipsy caravan».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 book | det |
| 2 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 calls | nsubj |
| 3 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 caravan | det |
| 5 | caravan | caravan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 calls | obj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 caravan | det |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 caravan | punct |
| 8 | gipsy | gipsy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 caravan | compound |
| 9 | caravan | caravan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 calls | xcomp |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 caravan | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 calls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | the book | the caravan | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent caravan=Recipient |
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: How do we see that word today?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 see | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | aux |
| 3 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 see | nsubj |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 word | det |
| 6 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 see | obj |
| 7 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 see | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present · do-support | we | that word | today | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
As an old word many Roma and Travellers find unkind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As | as | ADP | _ | 6 Roma | case |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 word | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 word | amod |
| 4 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Roma | nsubj |
| 5 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Roma | amod |
| 6 | Roma | Roma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 find | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 Travellers | cc |
| 8 | Travellers | traveller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 Roma | conj |
| 9 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | unkind | unkind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 find | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | as many Roma and Travellers; unkind property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent as roma=Attribute |
Option 2
As a term that was once common but is now seldom heard in polite conversation
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As | as | ADP | _ | 3 term | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 term | det |
| 3 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 common | obl |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 common | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 common | cop |
| 6 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 7 common | advmod |
| 7 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 heard | cc |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 heard | aux:pass |
| 10 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 heard | advmod |
| 11 | seldom | seldom | ADV | _ | 12 heard | advmod |
| 12 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 common | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 conversation | case |
| 14 | polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 conversation | amod |
| 15 | conversation | conversation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 heard | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | that | as a term; common, once property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hear | present · passive | that not said here | polite conversation | now | seldom property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus» |
Option 3
As an old word that many Roma and Travellers find unkind and avoid using today
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As | as | ADP | _ | 4 word | case |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 word | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 word | amod |
| 4 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 find | obj |
| 6 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Roma | amod |
| 7 | Roma | Roma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 find | nsubj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 Travellers | cc |
| 9 | Travellers | traveller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 Roma | conj |
| 10 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 word | acl:relcl |
| 11 | unkind | unkind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 find | xcomp |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 avoid | cc |
| 13 | avoid | avoid | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 find | conj |
| 14 | using | use | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 find | advcl |
| 15 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 using | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | many Roma and Travellers | a old word | unkind property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic | |||
| 2 | avoid | present | many Roma and Travellers not said here | vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | use | gerund | many Roma and Travellers not said here | today | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
As a neutral word, still used by everyone today
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As | as | ADP | _ | 4 word | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 word | det |
| 3 | neutral | neutral | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 word | amod |
| 4 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 used | punct |
| 6 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 used | advmod |
| 7 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 word | acl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 everyone | case |
| 9 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 used | obl |
| 10 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 used | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | participle | a neutral word not said here | still; today | by everyone | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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