Test 11 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 1: The Wild Woo…
«He had got down to the bare bones of it, and they were fine and strong and simple.» What is the Mole enjoying?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: He, bones, Mole · What happens: get down, be, enjoy
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 33 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 1: The Wild Wood (winter, and the Mole sets out alone)» 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: «He had got down to the bare bones of it, and they were fine and strong and simple.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 2 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | aux |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | down | down | ADV | _ | 4 got | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 bones | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bones | det |
| 8 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bones | amod |
| 9 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 bones | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 fine | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 fine | cc |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 fine | nsubj |
| 15 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 fine | cop |
| 16 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 got | conj |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 strong | cc |
| 18 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 fine | conj |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 simple | cc |
| 20 | simple | simple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 fine | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get down in a quote | past · perfect | He | to the bare bones of it result; down property | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to bone=Result | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | past | bones = bone | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be in a quote | bones = bone not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | be in a quote | bones = bone 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: What is the Mole enjoying?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Mole | det |
| 4 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | enjoying | enjoy | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 Mole | acl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the Mole | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | enjoy | gerund | the Mole not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The plain shape of the land
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 shape | det |
| 2 | plain | plain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 shape | amod |
| 3 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 land | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 land | det |
| 6 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shape | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The flowers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 flowers | det |
| 2 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The colour of the sky
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 colour | det |
| 2 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 sky | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sky | det |
| 5 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 colour | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The sound of the river
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sound | det |
| 2 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 river | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 river | det |
| 5 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sound | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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