Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 4: The Open Road…

Chloe, aye (yes) sure: «Toad complained to the police about the car.» Is she right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Toad · What happens: complain, be · To what, where: police

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: Chloe, aye (yes) sure: «Toad complained to the police about the car.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 aye	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Chloe	punct
3	aye	aye	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sure	nsubj
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	7 sure	punct
5	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 sure	discourse
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 yes	punct
7	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 complained	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 complained	punct
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 complained	nsubj
11	complained	complain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sure	ccomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 police	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 police	det
14	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 complained	obl
15	about	about	ADP	_	17 car	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 car	det
17	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 complained	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 sure	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 sure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complain speech: other in a quote	past	Toad		the police			about the car	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to police=Recipient about car=Topic

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: Is she right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
3	right	right	ADV	_	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Toad					right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, he went straight to the police

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	4 went	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 police	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 police	det
8	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	he			the police		straight property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to police=Initial_Location

Option 2

No — he says «Me complain» of that «heavenly vision»! He wants a car himself, and is delighted

Sentence 1: No — he says «Me complain» of that «heavenly vision»!

The tree, 9 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 —	det
2	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 complain	punct
6	Me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 complain	nsubj
7	complain	complain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 complain	punct
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 vision	case
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 vision	nsubj
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 vision	punct
12	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 vision	amod
13	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 complain	obl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 complain	punct
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	complain speech: other in a quote	present	Me					of heavenly vision	vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: He wants a car himself, and is delighted

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	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 car	det
4	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wants	obj
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	4 car	nmod:unmarked
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 delighted	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 delighted	cc
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 delighted	cop
9	delighted	delighted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wants	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	He	a car himself					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot car=Theme
2	is	present	He not said here					delighted property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No — he says «Me complain» of that «heavenly vision»!

The tree, 9 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 —	det
2	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 complain	punct
6	Me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 complain	nsubj
7	complain	complain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 complain	punct
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 vision	case
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 vision	nsubj
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 vision	punct
12	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 vision	amod
13	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 complain	obl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 complain	punct
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	complain speech: other in a quote	present	Me					of heavenly vision	vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, but only after he complained of the motor-car to a policeman in the town square

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 complained	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 complained	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 complained	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 complained	advmod
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	7 complained	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 complained	nsubj
7	complained	complain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 car	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def 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	7 complained	obl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 policeman	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 policeman	det
15	policeman	policeman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 complained	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 square	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 square	det
18	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 square	compound
19	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 complained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	complain speech: other	past	he		a policeman	the town square		of the motor car	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to policeman=Recipient

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