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Test 11 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Woo…

Looking back: in chapter II the book said the Mole «had a candid nature». How does he show it here?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: book, Mole · What happens: look back, say, have, show · To what, where: chapter, candid nature, nature · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 36 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Wood (the door-scraper, the door-mat, and a green door)» 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: Looking back: in chapter II the book said the Mole «had a candid nature».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 said	ccomp
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	obl
6	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 book	det
8	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Mole	det
11	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 had	nsubj
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 had	punct
13	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	ccomp
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 nature	det
15	candid	candid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 nature	amod
16	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 had	obj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 had	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past	the book			chapter			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	have in a quote	past	the Mole	a candid nature					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Patient

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: How does he show it here?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 show	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 show	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 show	nsubj
4	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 show	obj
6	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 show	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · do-support	Mole	nature		here			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He tells the Rat he is quite pleased

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 tells	nsubj
2	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 tells	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 pleased	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 pleased	cop
7	quite	quite	ADV	_	8 pleased	advmod
8	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tells	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	He		the Rat				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rat=Recipient
2	is	present	he					pleased property	tree rules

Option 2

He says honestly what he thinks of the mat and of the Rat's ideas too

The tree, 16 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 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	2 says	advmod
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 thinks	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 thinks	nsubj
6	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 mat	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mat	det
9	mat	mat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thinks	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 ideas	cc
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 ideas	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Rat	det
13	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 ideas	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Rat	case
15	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 mat	conj
16	too	too	ADV	_	6 thinks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	He					honestly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	think speech: other	present	he					of the mat and the Rat's ideas	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He says honestly what he thinks of the mat

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 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	2 says	advmod
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 thinks	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 thinks	nsubj
6	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 mat	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mat	det
9	mat	mat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thinks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	He					honestly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	think speech: other	present	he					of the mat	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

Option 4

He openly says what he thinks of the mat, then of the whole plan

The tree, 14 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	3 says	nsubj
2	openly	openly	ADV	_	3 says	advmod
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 thinks	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 thinks	nsubj
6	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 mat	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mat	det
9	mat	mat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thinks	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 then	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 says	advmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 plan	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 plan	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 plan	amod
15	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 then	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	He				then	openly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	think speech: other	present	he					of the mat	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

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