Test 5 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road…

Lucy, mid (so-so) about the trip: «the horse loved it, he volunteered.» Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: horse, Lucy, you · What happens: love, volunteer, put · To what, where: trip

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Lucy, mid (so-so) about the trip: «the horse loved it, he volunteered.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 volunteered	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lucy	punct
3	mid	mid	X	_	1 Lucy	list
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	7 so	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 so	advmod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 so	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	20 volunteered	advmod
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	7 so	punct
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 trip	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 trip	det
11	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 volunteered	obl
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 loved	punct
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 loved	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 horse	det
15	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 loved	nsubj
16	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 trip	acl:relcl
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 loved	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 trip	punct
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 volunteered	nsubj
20	volunteered	volunteer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 volunteered	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 volunteered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love in a quote	past	the horse	trip					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	volunteer in a quote	past	Lucy					about the trip	vn captain-29.8 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent

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: Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	trip				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He was not asked, and he was annoyed about being made to pull the heavy cart across the rough fields

The tree, 20 words

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 asked	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 asked	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 asked	advmod
4	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 annoyed	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 annoyed	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 annoyed	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 annoyed	cop
9	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 asked	parataxis
10	about	about	SCONJ	_	12 made	mark
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 made	aux:pass
12	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 annoyed	advcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 pull	mark
14	pull	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 made	xcomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 cart	det
16	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 cart	amod
17	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pull	obj
18	across	across	ADP	_	21 fields	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 fields	det
20	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 fields	amod
21	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 pull	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not ask speech: ask	past · passive		He			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	is	past	he			annoyed property	tree rules
3	make	gerund · passive	he not said here				tree rules
4	pull	to-infinitive	he not said here	the heavy cart	the rough fields		vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cart=Theme

Option 2

He never liked the trip at all

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 liked	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 liked	advmod
3	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 trip	det
5	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 liked	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 liked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not like	past	He	the trip		all			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot trip=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He wasn't asked and was annoyed

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 asked	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 asked	aux:pass
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 asked	advmod
4	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 annoyed	cc
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 annoyed	cop
7	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 asked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not ask speech: ask	past · passive		He					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	is	past						annoyed property	tree rules

Option 4

He had not been asked first, and then he was very cross indeed with the Mole and Toad for doing it

The tree, 21 words

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	5 asked	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 asked	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 asked	advmod
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 asked	aux:pass
5	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 asked	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cross	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cross	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 cross	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 cross	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 cross	cop
12	very	very	ADV	_	13 cross	advmod
13	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 asked	parataxis
14	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	13 cross	advmod
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 Mole	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Mole	det
17	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cross	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 Toad	cc
19	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Mole	conj
20	for	for	SCONJ	_	21 doing	mark
21	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 cross	advcl
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 doing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	not ask speech: ask	past · perfect · passive		He		first property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	is	past	he		then	with the Mole and Toad; cross, indeed property	tree rules
3	do	gerund	he not said here	it			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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