Test 7 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road…

The writer says the car is «immense, breath-snatching, passionate». Does the writer describe it like a machine or like a wild animal?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: writer, car · What happens: say, be, snatch, passionate, describe · To what, where: car · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ 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: The writer says the car is «immense, breath-snatching, passionate».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 writer	det
2	writer	writer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 car	det
5	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 immense	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 immense	cop
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 immense	punct
8	immense	immense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 snatching	punct
10	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 snatching	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 breath	punct
12	snatching	snatch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 immense	advcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 passionate	punct
14	passionate	passionate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 snatching	xcomp
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 passionate	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the writer		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	the car	immense property	tree rules
3	snatch in a quote	gerund	the car not said here		tree rules
4	passionate in a quote	infinitive	the car not said here		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: Does the writer describe it like a machine or like a wild animal?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 describe	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 writer	det
3	writer	writer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describe	nsubj
4	describe	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 describe	obj
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 machine	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 machine	det
8	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describe	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 animal	cc
10	like	like	ADP	_	13 animal	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 animal	det
12	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 animal	amod
13	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 machine	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present · do-support	the writer	car				like a machine or a wild animal	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Like a monstrous creature that breathes fire and rushes wildly through the valley

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	ADP	_	4 creature	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 creature	det
3	monstrous	monstrous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 creature	amod
4	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 breathes	nsubj
6	breathes	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 creature	acl:relcl
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 breathes	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 rushes	cc
9	rushes	rush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 breathes	conj
10	wildly	wildly	ADV	_	9 rushes	advmod
11	through	through	ADP	_	13 valley	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 valley	det
13	valley	valley	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rushes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breathe	present	a monstrous creature	fire					vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme
2	rush	present	a monstrous creature not said here			the valley		wildly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through valley=Trajectory

Option 2

Like a huge, beautiful wild horse galloping across the open plains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	SCONJ	_	7 horse	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 horse	det
3	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 horse	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 huge	punct
5	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 horse	amod
6	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 horse	amod
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	galloping	gallop	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 horse	acl
9	across	across	ADP	_	12 plains	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 plains	det
11	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 plains	amod
12	plains	plain	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 galloping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gallop	gerund	a huge beautiful wild horse not said here			the open plains			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across plain=Trajectory

Option 3

Like a loud train

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	ADP	_	4 train	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 train	det
3	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 train	amod
4	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Like a wild animal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	ADP	_	4 animal	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 animal	det
3	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 animal	amod
4	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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