Test 2 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road…
«This is the real life for a gentleman!» What's funny about Toad saying it?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: This, Toad · What happens: be, say · To what, where: real life, life · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ 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: «This is the real life for a gentleman!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 life | punct |
| 2 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 life | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 life | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 life | det |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 life | amod |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 gentleman | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 gentleman | det |
| 9 | gentleman | gentleman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 life | nmod |
| 10 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 life | punct |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 life | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | This | the real life | for a gentleman | tree rules |
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's funny about Toad saying it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 funny | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 funny | cop |
| 3 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 6 saying | mark |
| 5 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 saying | nsubj |
| 6 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 funny | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 saying | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 funny | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | funny property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | Toad | life | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
The options
Option 1
He is very rich
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 rich | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 rich | cop |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 rich | advmod |
| 4 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | rich property | tree rules |
Option 2
He is a gentleman
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gentleman | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 gentleman | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 gentleman | det |
| 4 | gentleman | gentleman | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | a gentleman | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
He is boasting while the others are doing all the work for him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 boasting | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 boasting | aux |
| 3 | boasting | boast | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 8 doing | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 others | det |
| 6 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 doing | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 doing | aux |
| 8 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 boasting | advcl |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 work | det:predet |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 work | det |
| 11 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 doing | obj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 him | case |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 doing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | boast speech: other | present · progressive | He | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | do | present · progressive | the others | all work | for him = he | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He's had the easy part while others did the work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 had | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 had | aux |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 part | det |
| 5 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 part | amod |
| 6 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | obj |
| 7 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 9 did | mark |
| 8 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 did | nsubj |
| 9 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 had | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 work | det |
| 11 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 did | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present · passive | He | the easy part | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Patient | ||||
| 2 | do | past | others | the work | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |
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