Test 17 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 1: The Wild Woo…
★★★ The Mole chose a time when the Rat was dozing. In Alice (lessons 1–24) Alice also slipped into adventure while someone near her was busy. Who?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, Rat, someone · What happens: choose, doze, slip, be
This is test 17 · ★★ 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: ★★★ The Mole chose a time when the Rat was dozing.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 chose | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 5 Mole | case |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Mole | det |
| 5 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 6 | chose | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 time | det |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 chose | obj |
| 9 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 dozing | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Rat | det |
| 11 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 dozing | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 dozing | aux |
| 13 | dozing | doze | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 time | acl:relcl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 chose | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | past | ★ ★ the Mole | time | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | doze | past · progressive | the Rat | vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: In Alice (lessons 1–24) Alice also slipped into adventure while someone near her was busy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Alice | case |
| 2 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 slipped | obl |
| 3 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 4 lessons | punct |
| 4 | lessons | lesson | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 Alice | compound |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 lessons | flat |
| 6 | – | – | SYM | ExtPos=ADP | 7 24 | case |
| 7 | 24 | 24 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 1 | nmod |
| 8 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 4 lessons | punct |
| 9 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Alice | conj |
| 10 | also | also | ADV | _ | 11 slipped | advmod |
| 11 | slipped | slip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | into | into | ADP | _ | 13 adventure | case |
| 13 | adventure | adventure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 slipped | obl |
| 14 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 19 busy | mark |
| 15 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 19 busy | nsubj |
| 16 | near | near | ADP | _ | 17 her | case |
| 17 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 someone | nmod |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 busy | cop |
| 19 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 slipped | advcl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 slipped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slip | past | into adventure; in Alice and lessons Alice | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in alice=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | is | past | someone | busy property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Who?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Who | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Dinah
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinah | Dinah | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Her sister, reading a book
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reading | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 sister | punct |
| 4 | reading | read | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 book | det |
| 6 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reading | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | gerund | Her sister | a book | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |
Option 3
The Cat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Cat | det |
| 2 | Cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The Mad Hatter, pouring tea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Hatter | det |
| 2 | Mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Hatter | amod |
| 3 | Hatter | Hatter | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Hatter | punct |
| 5 | pouring | pour | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 Hatter | acl |
| 6 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pouring | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pour | gerund | the Mad Hatter not said here | tea | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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