Test 12 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road…
Looking back: in chapter I, the Mole tipped a boat over because of pride. In this part, who is being selfish?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, part · What happens: look back, tip over, be · To what, where: boat, chapter, selfish
This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 31 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road (life on the road, and a motor-car)» 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: Looking back: in chapter I, the Mole tipped a boat over because of pride.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 tipped | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 chapter | case |
| 5 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 tipped | obl |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 tipped | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Mole | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Mole | det |
| 9 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 I | conj |
| 10 | tipped | tip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Looking | conj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 boat | det |
| 12 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 tipped | obj |
| 13 | over | over | ADV | _ | 10 tipped | advmod |
| 14 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 16 pride | case |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 because | fixed |
| 16 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 tipped | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Looking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||||
| 2 | tip over | past | I | a boat | chapter | because pride; over property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent boat=Theme in chapter=Destination |
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: In this part, who is being selfish?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 part | case |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 part | det |
| 3 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 selfish | punct |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 selfish | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 selfish | cop |
| 7 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 selfish | cop |
| 8 | selfish | selfish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 part | conj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 part | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | this part and selfish | selfish | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The Rat, who is greedy
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 | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 greedy | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 greedy | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 greedy | cop |
| 6 | greedy | greedy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Rat | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the Rat | greedy property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Toad, who leaves all the work to others
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 leaves | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 leaves | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 leaves | nsubj |
| 4 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 work | det:predet |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 work | det |
| 7 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 leaves | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 others | case |
| 9 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 leaves | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present | Toad | all work | others | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent work=Theme to other=Recipient |
Option 3
The horse, who refuses to be led anywhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 horse | det |
| 2 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 refuses | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 refuses | nsubj |
| 5 | refuses | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 horse | acl:relcl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 led | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 led | aux:pass |
| 8 | led | lead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 refuses | xcomp |
| 9 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 8 led | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refuse | present | the horse | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not lead | to-infinitive · passive | the horse not said here | anywhere property | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP» |
Option 4
Mole, who is proud
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mole | Mole | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 proud | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 proud | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 proud | cop |
| 5 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Mole | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Mole | proud property | tree rules |
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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