Test 1 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 2: The Wild Woo…

Ellie, proper bricking it (very scared) reading this: «the Mole saw a face, so he walked right up and said hello.» Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ellie, Mole, you · What happens: brick, read, see, walk, say, put · To what, where: it, this, face · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 34 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 2: The Wild Wood (the faces, the whistling, the pattering — and the Rat sets out)» 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: Ellie, proper bricking it (very scared) reading this: «the Mole saw a face, so he walked right up and said hello.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 bricking	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ellie	punct
3	proper	properly	ADV	_	4 bricking	advmod
4	bricking	brick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bricking	obj
6	(	(	PUNCT	_	8 scared	punct
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 scared	advmod
8	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bricking	conj
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	8 scared	punct
10	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 scared	advcl
11	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 reading	obj
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 saw	punct
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 saw	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Mole	det
15	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 saw	nsubj
16	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bricking	parataxis
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 face	det
18	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 saw	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 walked	punct
20	so	so	ADV	_	22 walked	advmod
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 walked	nsubj
22	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 saw	conj
23	right	right	ADV	_	24 up	advmod
24	up	up	ADV	_	22 walked	advmod
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 said	cc
26	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 saw	conj
27	hello	hello	INTJ	_	26 said	obj
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 bricking	punct
29	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 bricking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	brick	gerund	Ellie	it	properly property	tree rules
2	read	gerund	Ellie not said here	this		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Topic
3	see in a quote	past	the Mole	a face		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus
4	walk in a quote	past	Mole			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	say speech: assert in a quote	past	the Mole not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=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: Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	face				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He turned round quickly and bowed low, and the face soon vanished into the dark

The tree, 15 words

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	round	round	ADV	_	2 turned	advmod
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 turned	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 bowed	cc
6	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
7	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bowed	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 vanished	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 vanished	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 face	det
11	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 vanished	nsubj
12	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 vanished	advmod
13	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 dark	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dark	det
16	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 vanished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	turn round	past	He		quickly, round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	bow	past	He not said here		low property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	vanish	past	the face	the dark	soon property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He walked up and it disappeared

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 walked	nsubj
2	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 walked	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 disappeared	cc
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 disappeared	nsubj
6	disappeared	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 walked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk up	past	He						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	disappear	past	it						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He stood still and waited, and then he said hello to the strange small face

The tree, 15 words

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 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	still	still	ADV	_	2 stood	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 waited	cc
5	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stood	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 said	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 said	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stood	conj
11	hello	hello	INTJ	_	10 said	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	16 face	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 face	det
14	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 face	amod
15	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 face	amod
16	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	roles by
1	stand	past	He		still	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wait	past	He not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	say speech: assert	past	he	the strange small face	then	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hello=Topic to face=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He turned to face it and it vanished

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 face	mark
4	face	face	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 turned	xcomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 face	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 vanished	cc
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 vanished	nsubj
8	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	turn	past	He		tree rules
2	face	to-infinitive	He not said here	it	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination
3	vanish	past	it		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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