Test 4 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Woo…
«Can we EAT a doormat? ... you exasperating rodent?» What is the Mole feeling?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we, you, Mole · What happens: eat, exasperate, feel · To what, where: doormat, rodent
This is test 4 · ★★★ 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: «Can we EAT a doormat? ... you exasperating rodent?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 EAT | punct |
| 2 | Can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 EAT | aux |
| 3 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 EAT | nsubj |
| 4 | EAT | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 doormat | det |
| 6 | doormat | doormat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 EAT | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 EAT | punct |
| 8 | ... | ... | PUNCT | _ | 10 exasperating | punct |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 exasperating | nsubj |
| 10 | exasperating | exasperate | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 EAT | advcl |
| 11 | rodent | rodent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 exasperating | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 EAT | punct |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 EAT | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat in a quote | can | we | a doormat | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doormat=Patient | ||||
| 2 | exasperate in a quote | gerund | you | rodent | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rodent=Experiencer |
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: What is the Mole feeling?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 feeling | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 feeling | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Mole | det |
| 4 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 feeling | nsubj |
| 5 | feeling | feel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 feeling | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present · progressive | the Mole | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Hurt, tired and fed up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hurt | hurt | INTJ | _ | 3 tired | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 tired | punct |
| 3 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 fed | cc |
| 5 | fed | feed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 tired | conj |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 fed | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feed up | participle | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Happy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Excited and very curious
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Excited | excited | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 curious | cc |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 curious | advmod |
| 4 | curious | curious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Excited | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Cheerful and hungry now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheerful | cheerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 hungry | cc |
| 3 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Cheerful | conj |
| 4 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Cheerful | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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