Test 2 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Woo…
Why does the Rat's jig puzzle the Mole?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: jig puzzle, Rat · What happens: be, puzzle
This is test 2 · ★★★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Rat | det |
| 4 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 puzzle | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Rat | case |
| 6 | jig | jig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 puzzle | compound |
| 7 | puzzle | puzzle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Mole | det |
| 9 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the Rat's jig puzzle | why property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | puzzle | the Rat | nom puzzle «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
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.
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
He doesn't see what the door-scraper means
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 | 4 see | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 see | advmod |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 means | obj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 scraper | det |
| 7 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 scraper | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 door | punct |
| 9 | scraper | scraper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 means | nsubj |
| 10 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | present · do-support | He | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | the door scraper | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
Option 2
He thinks the Rat has lost his hat
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 thinks | nsubj |
| 2 | thinks | think | 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 | 6 lost | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 lost | aux |
| 6 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 thinks | ccomp |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 hat | nmod:poss |
| 8 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lost | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | He | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | lose | present · perfect | the Rat | Rat's hat | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Eventuality |
Option 3
He doesn't see that the Rat has solved the whole puzzle yet
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 | 4 see | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 see | advmod |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 solved | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Rat | det |
| 7 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 solved | nsubj |
| 8 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 solved | aux |
| 9 | solved | solve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 see | ccomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 puzzle | det |
| 11 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 puzzle | amod |
| 12 | puzzle | puzzle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 solved | obj |
| 13 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 9 solved | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | present · do-support | He | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | solve | present · perfect | the Rat | the whole puzzle | yet | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puzzle=Topic |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
He thinks the Rat is dancing because he's caught a cold outside
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 thinks | nsubj |
| 2 | thinks | think | 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 | 6 dancing | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 dancing | aux |
| 6 | dancing | dance | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 thinks | ccomp |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 caught | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 caught | aux:pass |
| 10 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 dancing | advcl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 cold | det |
| 12 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 caught | obj |
| 13 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 10 caught | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | He | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | dance | present · progressive | the Rat | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | catch | present · passive | Rat | outside property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary cold=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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