Test 3 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (t…
«It's bare cold out here, bruv, ring again.» (bare = very) Who rang the bell at the end of chapter III, and how?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: It · What happens: be, ring · To what, where: bell, end
This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 37 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (the door in the snow and the fire-lit kitchen)» 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: «It's bare cold out here, bruv, ring again.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 cold | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cold | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cold | cop |
| 4 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cold | amod |
| 5 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 cold | compound:prt |
| 7 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 cold | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bruv | punct |
| 9 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cold | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 ring | punct |
| 11 | ring | ring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 cold | conj |
| 12 | again | again | ADV | _ | 11 ring | advmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 cold | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 cold | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | It | here | cold property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | ring in a quote | infinitive | again | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: (bare = very) Who rang the bell at the end of chapter III, and how?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 bare | punct |
| 2 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 = | amod |
| 3 | = | = | SYM | _ | 7 rang | punct |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 rang | advmod |
| 5 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 4 very | punct |
| 6 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 rang | nsubj |
| 7 | rang | ring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bell | det |
| 9 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rang | obj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 end | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 end | det |
| 12 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rang | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 chapter | case |
| 14 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 end | nmod |
| 15 | III | III | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 14 chapter | flat |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 how | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 how | cc |
| 18 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 rang | conj |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 rang | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ring | past | the bell | at the end of chapter | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The Rat pulled the bell hard in the frost
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 pulled | nsubj |
| 3 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bell | det |
| 5 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pulled | obj |
| 6 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 pulled | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 frost | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 frost | det |
| 9 | frost | frost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pulled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | past | the Rat | the bell | the frost | hard property | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Theme |
Option 2
The Badger rang it from inside the door
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Badger | det |
| 2 | Badger | Badger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 rang | nsubj |
| 3 | rang | ring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 rang | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 door | case |
| 6 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 8 door | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 door | det |
| 8 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rang | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ring | past | the Badger | it | the door | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
Option 3
The Mole rang it while the Rat watched
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 | 3 rang | nsubj |
| 3 | rang | ring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 rang | obj |
| 5 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 8 watched | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Rat | det |
| 7 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 watched | nsubj |
| 8 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rang | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ring | past | the Mole | it | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | watch | past | the Rat | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The Mole swung on the bell-pull while the Rat hammered
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 | 3 swung | nsubj |
| 3 | swung | swing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 pull | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pull | det |
| 6 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pull | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 bell | punct |
| 8 | pull | pull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 swung | obl |
| 9 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 12 hammered | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Rat | det |
| 11 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 hammered | nsubj |
| 12 | hammered | hammer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 swung | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swing | past | the Mole | the bell pull | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on pull=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | hammer | past | the Rat | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |
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