Test 7 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 4: The Open Road…
Toad says to the Rat «I owe it all to you, my best of friends!» Why is this so annoying for the Rat?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Toad, this · What happens: say, owe, be · To what, where: Rat · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: Toad says to the Rat «I owe it all to you, my best of friends!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 Rat | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Rat | det |
| 5 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | obl |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 owe | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 owe | nsubj |
| 8 | owe | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | parataxis |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 owe | obj |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 it | det |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 you | case |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 owe | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 best | punct |
| 14 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 best | nmod:poss |
| 15 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 12 you | appos |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 friends | case |
| 17 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 best | nmod |
| 18 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 8 owe | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 owe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: express | present | Toad | the Rat | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to rat=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | owe in a quote | present | Toad | Rat | the Rat = rat | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent it=Theme to you=Goal |
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: Why is this so annoying for the Rat?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 annoying | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 annoying | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 annoying | nsubj |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 annoying | advmod |
| 5 | annoying | annoying | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 Rat | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Rat | det |
| 8 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 annoying | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 annoying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this | for the Rat; annoying property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Toad never thanks anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 thanks | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 thanks | advmod |
| 3 | thanks | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 thanks | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not thank speech: thank | present | Toad | anyone | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The trip wrecked everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 trip | det |
| 2 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wrecked | nsubj |
| 3 | wrecked | wreck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 wrecked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wreck | past | the trip | everything | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Toad is thanking him only because the trip was a disaster for both of them
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 thanking | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 thanking | aux |
| 3 | thanking | thank | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 thanking | obj |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 disaster | advmod |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 disaster | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 trip | det |
| 8 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 disaster | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 disaster | cop |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 disaster | det |
| 11 | disaster | disaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thanking | obl |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 both | case |
| 13 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 thanking | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 them | case |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 both | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thank speech: thank | present · progressive | Toad | him = he | for both | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for both=Attribute | |||
| 2 | is a | past | the trip | a disaster | tree rules |
Option 4
Toad thanks him so much that the Rat has to pay for the whole motor-car
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 thanks | nsubj |
| 2 | thanks | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 thanks | obj |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 much | advmod |
| 5 | much | much | ADV | _ | 2 thanks | advmod |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 has | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Rat | det |
| 8 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 has | nsubj |
| 9 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 thanks | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 pay | mark |
| 11 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 has | xcomp |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 car | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 car | det |
| 14 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 car | amod |
| 15 | motor | motor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 car | compound |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 motor | punct |
| 17 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thank speech: thank | present | Toad | him = he | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | have | present | the Rat | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | pay | to-infinitive | the Rat not said here | for the whole motor car | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for car=Theme |
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