Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 4: The Open Road…
Looking back: in chapter I the Otter laughed «no stability» about Toad. What proves it in this chapter?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I · What happens: look back, laugh, prove · To what, where: chapter, Otter
This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 32 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 4: The Open Road (the wreck of the cart, and Toad's new craze)» 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 Otter laughed «no stability» about Toad.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 laughed | advcl |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 laughed | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 chapter | case |
| 5 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 laughed | obl |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 laughed | nsubj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Otter | det |
| 8 | Otter | Otter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 I | nsubj |
| 9 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 stability | punct |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 stability | det |
| 12 | stability | stability | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 laughed | parataxis |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 stability | punct |
| 14 | about | about | ADP | _ | 15 Toad | case |
| 15 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 laughed | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 laughed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | I not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | laugh | past | I | chapter | about Toad | 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 proves it in this chapter?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 proves | nsubj |
| 2 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 proves | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 chapter | case |
| 5 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 chapter | det |
| 6 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 proves | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 proves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present | Otter | this chapter | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Boats, then a cart, now a car — all in one summer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boats | boat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 all | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 cart | punct |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 cart | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cart | det |
| 5 | cart | cart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Boats | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 car | punct |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 car | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 car | det |
| 9 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Boats | conj |
| 10 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 all | punct |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | root | root |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 summer | case |
| 13 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 summer | nummod |
| 14 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 all | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
A house-boat, a caravan and a motor-car
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 boat | det |
| 2 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 boat | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 house | punct |
| 4 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 caravan | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 caravan | det |
| 7 | caravan | caravan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 boat | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 car | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 car | det |
| 10 | motor | motor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 car | compound |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 motor | punct |
| 12 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 boat | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A sailing boat, a punt, a house-boat, a caravan and then a car, all within one long summer season
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 boat | det |
| 2 | sailing | sailing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 boat | compound |
| 3 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 punt | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 punt | det |
| 6 | punt | punt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 boat | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 boat | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 boat | det |
| 9 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 boat | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 house | punct |
| 11 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 boat | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 caravan | punct |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 caravan | det |
| 14 | caravan | caravan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 boat | conj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 car | cc |
| 16 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 car | advmod |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 car | det |
| 18 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 caravan | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 all | punct |
| 20 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 boat | appos |
| 21 | within | within | ADP | _ | 25 season | case |
| 22 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 25 season | nummod |
| 23 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 season | amod |
| 24 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 season | compound |
| 25 | season | season | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 all | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Boats, then a cart, now a car — all in one summer, and it's sure to be worse next year
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boats | boat | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 cart | punct |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 cart | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cart | det |
| 5 | cart | cart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Boats | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 car | punct |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 car | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 car | det |
| 9 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Boats | conj |
| 10 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 19 sure | punct |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 19 sure | nsubj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 summer | case |
| 13 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 summer | nummod |
| 14 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 all | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 sure | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 sure | cc |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 sure | nsubj |
| 18 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 sure | cop |
| 19 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Boats | parataxis |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 worse | mark |
| 21 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 22 worse | cop |
| 22 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 19 sure | ccomp |
| 23 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 year | amod |
| 24 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 worse | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | all | sure property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | all not said here | year | bad property | tree rules |
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