Test 18 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Woo…
★★★ «door-scraper», «door-mat», «door». Which is the odd one out, and why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: odd one
This is test 18 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ «door-scraper», «door-mat», «door».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 scraper | punct |
| 5 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 scraper | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 door | punct |
| 7 | scraper | scraper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | appos |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 scraper | punct |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 mat | punct |
| 10 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 mat | punct |
| 11 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 mat | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 door | punct |
| 13 | mat | mat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | appos |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 mat | punct |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 door | punct |
| 16 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 17 door | punct |
| 17 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | appos |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 door | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 ★ | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Which is the odd one out, and why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 one | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 one | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 one | det |
| 4 | odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 one | amod |
| 5 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 one | compound:prt |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 why | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 why | cc |
| 9 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 one | acl:relcl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 one | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the odd one | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The scraper: it is the only metal thing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 scraper | det |
| 2 | scraper | scraper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 thing | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 scraper | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 thing | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 thing | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 thing | det |
| 7 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 thing | amod |
| 8 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 thing | compound |
| 9 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the scraper | the only metal thing | tree rules |
Option 2
The mat, since it is hardly a door
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 mat | det |
| 2 | mat | mat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 door | punct |
| 4 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 9 door | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 door | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 door | cop |
| 7 | hardly | hardly | ADV | _ | 9 door | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 door | det |
| 9 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mat | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a door | hardly property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The door: it was found by reasoning from the other two
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 door | det |
| 2 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 found | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 found | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 found | aux:pass |
| 6 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 door | acl:relcl |
| 7 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 8 reasoning | mark |
| 8 | reasoning | reason | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 found | advcl |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 two | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 two | det |
| 11 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 two | amod |
| 12 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 reasoning | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past · passive | the door not said here | door | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 2 | reason | gerund | the door not said here | the other two | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from two=Source |
Option 4
The mat: it was found last of all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 mat | det |
| 2 | mat | mat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 found | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 found | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 found | aux:pass |
| 6 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 mat | acl:relcl |
| 7 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 found | xcomp |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 last | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past · passive | the mat not said here | mat | last property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
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