Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Woo…

Rory, tidy (great) idea: «the Rat should just have explained it to the Mole». Would that have helped?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat, that · What happens: explain, help · To what, where: idea, Mole

This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: Rory, tidy (great) idea: «the Rat should just have explained it to the Mole».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rory	Rory	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 idea	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 tidy	punct
3	tidy	tidy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 idea	amod
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 great	punct
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 idea	amod
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 great	punct
7	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 explained	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 explained	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Rat	det
11	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 explained	nsubj
12	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 explained	aux
13	just	just	ADV	_	15 explained	advmod
14	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 explained	aux
15	explained	explain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 idea	acl
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 explained	obj
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 Mole	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Mole	det
19	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 explained	obl
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 explained	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 idea	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert in a quote	should · perfect	the Rat	idea	the Mole				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to mole=Recipient

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: Would that have helped?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 helped	aux
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 helped	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 helped	aux
4	helped	help	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 helped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	would · perfect	that						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yes — the Mole only grumbled because he didn't see the plan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 grumbled	discourse
2	—	-	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grumbled	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 grumbled	advmod
6	grumbled	grumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 see	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 see	nsubj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 see	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 see	advmod
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 grumbled	ccomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 plan	det
13	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grumble speech: other	past	the Mole						vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not see	past · do-support	Mole	the plan					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plan=Stimulus

Option 2

Yes — but only if the Rat had written the whole plan down on paper first

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 written	discourse
2	—	-	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 written	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	9 written	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 written	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Rat	det
7	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 written	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 written	aux
9	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 plan	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 plan	amod
12	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 written	obj
13	down	down	ADV	_	12 plan	advmod
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 paper	case
15	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 plan	nmod
16	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 written	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past · perfect	the Rat	the whole plan		paper		first property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent plan=Theme on paper=Destination

Option 3

Yes — the Rat would have known better sooner anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 known	discourse
2	—	-	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 known	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 known	aux
6	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 known	aux
7	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 known	advmod
9	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 better	advmod
10	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	7 known	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	would · perfect	the Rat					anyway, well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

No — the Mole only grumbled because he was cold and tired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 Mole	det
2	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 Mole	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grumbled	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 grumbled	advmod
6	grumbled	grumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 cold	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 cold	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 cold	cop
10	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 grumbled	ccomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 tired	cc
12	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	grumble speech: other	past	no Mole		vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	Mole	cold property	tree rules
3	be		Mole not said here		tree rules

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