Test 1 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (b…
Liam, a bit salty (cross): «Toad's only crashed once, it's no big deal.» Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cross, you · What happens: crash, be, put · To what, where: Toad, big deal, cross
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 38 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (bad news of Toad, a winter promise, and two lost hedgehogs)» 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: Liam, a bit salty (cross): «Toad's only crashed once, it's no big deal.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | Liam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 salty | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Liam | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bit | det |
| 4 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 salty | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | salty | salty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 7 cross | punct |
| 7 | cross | cross | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 salty | conj |
| 8 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 7 cross | punct |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 crashed | punct |
| 10 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 crashed | punct |
| 11 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 crashed | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 crashed | aux |
| 13 | only | only | ADV | _ | 14 crashed | advmod |
| 14 | crashed | crash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 salty | conj |
| 15 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 14 crashed | advmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 deal | punct |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 deal | nsubj |
| 18 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 deal | cop |
| 19 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 21 deal | det |
| 20 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 deal | amod |
| 21 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 salty | conj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 salty | punct |
| 23 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 salty | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crash in a quote | present · passive | Toad | once property | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | cross | no big deal | tree rules |
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: Put it right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | cross | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1
Just one smash, and no fines
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 3 smash | advmod |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 smash | nummod |
| 3 | smash | smash | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 fines | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 fines | cc |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 fines | det |
| 7 | fines | fine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 smash | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Only his third smash so far
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 smash | advmod |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 smash | nmod:poss |
| 3 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 smash | amod |
| 4 | smash | smash | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 far | advmod |
| 6 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 smash | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smash | his = he | nom smash «event transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
It's his seventh crash, two hospital stays and fines paid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 crash | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 crash | cop |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 crash | nmod:poss |
| 4 | seventh | seventh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 crash | amod |
| 5 | crash | crash | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 stays | punct |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 hospital | nummod |
| 8 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stays | nsubj |
| 9 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 crash | parataxis |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 fines | cc |
| 11 | fines | fine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 stays | conj |
| 12 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 fines | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | his seventh crash | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stay | present | two hospital | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | pay | participle | fines not said here | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It's his seventh smash, three hospital stays and awful fines
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 smash | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 smash | cop |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 smash | nmod:poss |
| 4 | seventh | seventh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 smash | amod |
| 5 | smash | smash | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 stays | punct |
| 7 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 hospital | nummod |
| 8 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stays | nsubj |
| 9 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 smash | conj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 fines | cc |
| 11 | awful | awful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 fines | amod |
| 12 | fines | fine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 smash | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | his seventh smash and awful fines | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stay | present | three hospital | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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