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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».

detnsubjdetobjdetpunctcompoundxcomppunctpunctrootTheDETbookNOUNcallsVERBtheDETcaravanNOUNaDET«PUNCTgipsyNOUNcaravanNOUN»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 bookdet
2bookbookNOUNNumber=Sing3 callsnsubj
3callscallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 caravandet
5caravancaravanNOUNNumber=Sing3 callsobj
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 caravandet
7««PUNCT_9 caravanpunct
8gipsygipsyNOUNNumber=Sing9 caravancompound
9caravancaravanNOUNNumber=Sing3 callsxcomp
10»»PUNCT_9 caravanpunct
11..PUNCT_3 callspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1callpresentthe bookthe caravanvn 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?

advmodauxnsubjdetobjobl:unmarkedpunctrootHowADVdoAUXwePRONseeVERBthatDETwordNOUNtodayNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HowhowADVPronType=Int4 seeadvmod
2dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 seeaux
3wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs4 seensubj
4seeseeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem6 worddet
6wordwordNOUNNumber=Sing4 seeobj
7todaytodayNOUNNumber=Sing4 seeobl:unmarked
8??PUNCT_4 seepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepresent · do-supportwethat wordtodayvn 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

casedetamodnsubjamodoblccconjxcomprootAsADPanDEToldADJwordNOUNmanyADJRomaPROPNandCCONJTravellersNOUNfindVERBunkindADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AsasADP_6 Romacase
2anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 worddet
3oldoldADJDegree=Pos4 wordamod
4wordwordNOUNNumber=Sing6 Romansubj
5manymanyADJDegree=Pos6 Romaamod
6RomaRomaPROPNNumber=Sing9 findobl
7andandCCONJ_8 Travellerscc
8TravellerstravellerNOUNNumber=Plur6 Romaconj
9findfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
10unkindunkindADJDegree=Pos9 findxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1findpresentas many Roma and Travellers; unkind propertyvn 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
casedetoblnsubjcopadvmodccaux:passadvmodadvmodconjcaseamodoblrootAsADPaDETtermNOUNthatPRONwasAUXonceADVcommonADJbutCCONJisAUXnowADVseldomADVheardVERBinADPpoliteADJconversationNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AsasADP_3 termcase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 termdet
3termtermNOUNNumber=Sing7 commonobl
4thatthatPRONPronType=Rel7 commonnsubj
5wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 commoncop
6onceonceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult7 commonadvmod
7commoncommonADJDegree=Posrootroot
8butbutCCONJ_12 heardcc
9isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 heardaux:pass
10nownowADVPronType=Dem12 heardadvmod
11seldomseldomADV_12 heardadvmod
12heardhearVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 commonconj
13ininADP_15 conversationcase
14politepoliteADJDegree=Pos15 conversationamod
15conversationconversationNOUNNumber=Sing12 heardobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastthatas a term; common, once propertytree rules
2hearpresent · passivethat not said herepolite conversationnowseldom propertyvn 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
casedetamodobjamodnsubjccconjacl:relclxcompccconjadvclobl:unmarkedrootAsADPanDEToldADJwordNOUNthatPRONmanyADJRomaPROPNandCCONJTravellersNOUNfindVERBunkindADJandCCONJavoidVERBusingVERBtodayNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AsasADP_4 wordcase
2anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 worddet
3oldoldADJDegree=Pos4 wordamod
4wordwordNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5thatthatPRONPronType=Rel10 findobj
6manymanyADJDegree=Pos7 Romaamod
7RomaRomaPROPNNumber=Sing10 findnsubj
8andandCCONJ_9 Travellerscc
9TravellerstravellerNOUNNumber=Plur7 Romaconj
10findfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 wordacl:relcl
11unkindunkindADJDegree=Pos10 findxcomp
12andandCCONJ_13 avoidcc
13avoidavoidVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 findconj
14usinguseVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part10 findadvcl
15todaytodayNOUNNumber=Sing14 usingobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1findpresentmany Roma and Travellersa old wordunkind propertyvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic
2avoidpresentmany Roma and Travellers not said herevn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3usegerundmany Roma and Travellers not said heretodayvn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

As a neutral word, still used by everyone today

casedetamodpunctadvmodaclcaseoblobl:unmarkedrootAsADPaDETneutralADJwordNOUN,PUNCTstillADVusedVERBbyADPeveryonePRONtodayNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AsasADP_4 wordcase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 worddet
3neutralneutralADJDegree=Pos4 wordamod
4wordwordNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5,,PUNCT_7 usedpunct
6stillstillADV_7 usedadvmod
7useduseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 wordacl
8bybyADP_9 everyonecase
9everyoneeveryonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot7 usedobl
10todaytodayNOUNNumber=Sing7 usedobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1useparticiplea neutral word not said herestill; todayby everyonevn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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