Test 15 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 2: The Wild Woo…
★★★ «a little narrow face, with hard eyes». The book never says whose faces they are. From chapter I, what's the best guess?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: book, chapter · What happens: not say, be · To what, where: faces, best guess · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 15 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ «a little narrow face, with hard eyes».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 face | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 face | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 face | det |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 face | amod |
| 7 | narrow | narrow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 face | amod |
| 8 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 eyes | punct |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 eyes | case |
| 11 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 eyes | amod |
| 12 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 face | appos |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 eyes | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 face | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: The book never says whose faces they are.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 book | det |
| 2 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 says | advmod |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 6 faces | nmod:poss |
| 6 | faces | face | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 says | obj |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 are | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 faces | acl:relcl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not say speech: assert | present | the book | faces | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent face=Topic |
Sentence 3: From chapter I, what's the best guess?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | From | from | ADP | _ | 2 chapter | case |
| 2 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 chapter | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 guess | punct |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 guess | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 guess | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 guess | det |
| 8 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 guess | amod |
| 9 | guess | guess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 chapter | conj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 chapter | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | chapter and the best guess | the best guess | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Hungry wild cats that hide in trees and hunt in packs at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cats | amod |
| 2 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cats | amod |
| 3 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 hide | nsubj |
| 5 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 cats | acl:relcl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 trees | case |
| 7 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hide | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 hunt | cc |
| 9 | hunt | hunt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hide | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 packs | case |
| 11 | packs | pack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 hunt | obl |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 night | case |
| 13 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hide | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present | Hungry wild cats | trees | night | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location | |||
| 2 | hunt | present | Hungry wild cats not said here | packs | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in pack=Location |
Option 2
Badgers and foxes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Badgers | badger | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 foxes | cc |
| 3 | foxes | fox | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Badgers | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Weasels and stoats
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weasels | weasel | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 stoats | cc |
| 3 | stoats | stoat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Weasels | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The narrow-faced otters who live by the river and fish in the dark
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 otters | det |
| 2 | narrow | narrow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 faced | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 narrow | punct |
| 4 | faced | faced | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 otters | amod |
| 5 | otters | otter | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 live | nsubj |
| 7 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 otters | acl:relcl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 river | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 river | det |
| 10 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 live | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 fish | cc |
| 12 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 river | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 dark | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 dark | det |
| 15 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | the faced otters | the dark | by the river and fish | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location |
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