Test 16 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road…
★★★ «disaster momentous indeed to their expedition, but simply overwhelming in its effect on the after-career of Toad». What does the writer hint?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: disaster · What happens: effect, do · To what, where: career
This is test 16 · ★★ 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: ★★★ «disaster momentous indeed to their expedition, but simply overwhelming in its effect on the after-career of Toad».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 disaster | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 disaster | punct |
| 5 | disaster | disaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 expedition | nsubj |
| 6 | momentous | momentous | X | Foreign=Yes | 10 expedition | nsubj |
| 7 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 10 expedition | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 expedition | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 expedition | nmod:poss |
| 10 | expedition | expedition | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 overwhelming | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 overwhelming | cc |
| 13 | simply | simply | ADV | _ | 14 overwhelming | advmod |
| 14 | overwhelming | overwhelming | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 expedition | amod |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 effect | case |
| 16 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 effect | nmod:poss |
| 17 | effect | effect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 overwhelming | obl |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 22 career | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 career | det |
| 20 | after | after | ADP | _ | 22 career | case |
| 21 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 after | punct |
| 22 | career | career | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 effect | nmod |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 Toad | case |
| 24 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 career | nmod |
| 25 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 24 Toad | punct |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 expedition | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | effect in a quote | disaster | the career of Toad | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent on=place |
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: What does the writer hint?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hint | det |
| 4 | writer | writer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hint | compound |
| 5 | hint | hint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
This changes the rest of Toad's life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 changes | nsubj |
| 2 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rest | det |
| 4 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 changes | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 life | case |
| 6 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 life | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Toad | case |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rest | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present | This | the rest of Toad's life | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient |
Option 2
It was just a small accident for Toad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 accident | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 accident | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 accident | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 accident | det |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 accident | amod |
| 6 | accident | accident | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 Toad | case |
| 8 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 accident | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a small accident | for Toad | tree rules |
Option 3
Toad will go on his trip
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 go | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 go | aux |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 trip | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 trip | nmod:poss |
| 6 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | future | Toad | Toad's trip | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on trip=Location | ||||
| 2 | trip | Toad | nom trip «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
The car is very fast and loud
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 car | det |
| 2 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fast | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fast | cop |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 fast | advmod |
| 5 | fast | fast | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 loud | cc |
| 7 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fast | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the car | fast property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the car not said here | 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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