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Test 3 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Woo…

The Rat asks «There, what did I tell you?» and the Mole says «Absolutely nothing whatever». Why is the Mole right, in a way?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat, Mole · What happens: ask, tell, say, be · To what, where: you, nothing, Mole · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★★ 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: The Rat asks «There, what did I tell you?» and the Mole says «Absolutely nothing whatever».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 asks	nsubj
3	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
5	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	10 tell	expl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 tell	obj
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 tell	aux
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 tell	nsubj
10	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 asks	ccomp
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 tell	iobj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 says	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Mole	det
16	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 says	nsubj
17	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asks	conj
18	«	«	PUNCT	_	20 nothing	punct
19	Absolutely	absolutely	ADV	_	20 nothing	advmod
20	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	17 says	obj
21	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 nothing	appos
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	21 whatever	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	the Rat						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert in a quote	past · do-support	the Rat = rat		you	there			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic
3	say speech: assert	present	the Mole	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

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: Why is the Mole right, in a way?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 Mole	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Mole	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	right	right	ADV	_	4 Mole	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 way	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 way	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 way	det
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Mole	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 Mole	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the Mole and a way				right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The Rat had shouted about it too loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 shouted	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shouted	aux
4	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shouted	obl
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 loudly	advmod
8	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	4 shouted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past · perfect	the Rat					about it; loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

Option 2

The Mole had really seen the whole thing but still pretended not to understand it at all

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mole	det
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seen	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 seen	aux
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 seen	advmod
5	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thing	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thing	amod
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seen	obj
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 pretended	cc
10	still	still	ADV	_	11 pretended	advmod
11	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 seen	conj
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 understand	advmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 understand	mark
14	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 pretended	xcomp
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 understand	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 understand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past · perfect · passive		the Mole					tree rules
2	pretend	past					still		tree rules
3	not understand	to-infinitive		thing		all			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Rat hadn't explained his idea at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 explained	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 explained	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 explained	advmod
5	explained	explain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 idea	nmod:poss
7	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 explained	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 explained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not explain speech: assert	past · perfect	the Rat	Rat's idea		all			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Topic

Option 4

The Rat hadn't explained his idea, so the Mole could not see the plan yet

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 explained	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 explained	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 explained	advmod
5	explained	explain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 idea	nmod:poss
7	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 explained	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 see	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	14 see	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Mole	det
11	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 see	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 see	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 see	advmod
14	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 explained	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 plan	det
16	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 see	obj
17	yet	yet	ADV	_	14 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not explain speech: assert	past · perfect	the Rat	Rat's idea					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Topic
2	not see	could	the Mole	the plan			yet		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plan=Stimulus

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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