Test 8 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 3: The Wild Woo…
The snow looks «too delicate to be trodden upon». Is the snow good news or bad news for them?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: snow · What happens: look, tread upon, be · To what, where: good news
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 35 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 3: The Wild Wood (the Rat finds the Mole, and the snow comes)» 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 snow looks «too delicate to be trodden upon».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 snow | det |
| 2 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 looks | nsubj |
| 3 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 delicate | punct |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 delicate | advmod |
| 6 | delicate | delicate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 looks | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 trodden | mark |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 trodden | aux:pass |
| 9 | trodden | tread | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 delicate | xcomp |
| 10 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 9 trodden | compound:prt |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 delicate | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 looks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | the snow | delicate property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | tread upon in a quote | to-infinitive · passive | the snow not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V» |
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: Is the snow good news or bad news for them?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 news | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 news | det |
| 3 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 news | nsubj |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 news | amod |
| 5 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 news | cc |
| 7 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 news | amod |
| 8 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 news | conj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 them | case |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 news | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 news | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | snow | the good news or bad news for news | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Good news, because it lights up the whole wood and keeps them warm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 news | amod |
| 2 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lights | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 lights | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 lights | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 lights | nsubj |
| 6 | lights | light | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 lights | compound:prt |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 wood | det |
| 9 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 wood | amod |
| 10 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lights | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 keeps | cc |
| 12 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 lights | conj |
| 13 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 keeps | obj |
| 14 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 keeps | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | light up | present | Good news | the whole wood | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Product | ||||
| 2 | keep | present | Good news not said here | them = they | warm property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Good, since it makes the wood bright
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 makes | reparandum |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 makes | punct |
| 3 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 5 makes | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 makes | nsubj |
| 5 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 wood | det |
| 7 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | obj |
| 8 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | it | the wood | bright property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material wood=Product |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Both: beautiful, but it hides the way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 beautiful | advmod |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Both | punct |
| 3 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hides | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 hides | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 hides | cc |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hides | nsubj |
| 7 | hides | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 way | det |
| 9 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hides | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present | it | the way | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient |
Option 4
Bad news only, because the snow hides every path and freezes the stream
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 news | amod |
| 2 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hides | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 2 news | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 hides | punct |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 hides | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 snow | det |
| 7 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hides | nsubj |
| 8 | hides | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 path | det |
| 10 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hides | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 freezes | cc |
| 12 | freezes | freeze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 hides | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 stream | det |
| 14 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 freezes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present | Bad news | every path | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Patient | ||||
| 2 | freeze | present | Bad news not said here | the stream | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient stream=Result |
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