Test 17 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (b…
★★★ The Rat says the coach-house holds the «other six». The seventh smash was last week. How many cars has Toad had so far, if every car was smashed once?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, coach house, seventh smash, many cars, Toad · What happens: say, hold, be, have, smash · To what, where: other six, last week, car · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 17 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ The Rat says the coach-house holds the «other six».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 5 Rat | case |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Rat | det |
| 5 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 house | det |
| 8 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 house | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 coach | punct |
| 10 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 holds | nsubj |
| 11 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 says | ccomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 six | det |
| 13 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 15 six | punct |
| 14 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 six | amod |
| 15 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 holds | obj |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 six | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | ★ ★ the Rat | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | hold | present | the coach house | the other six | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent six=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: The seventh smash was last week.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 smash | det |
| 2 | seventh | seventh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 smash | amod |
| 3 | smash | smash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 week | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 week | cop |
| 5 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 week | amod |
| 6 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 week | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the seventh smash | last week | tree rules |
Sentence 3: How many cars has Toad had so far, if every car was smashed once?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cars | amod |
| 3 | cars | car | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 had | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 has | ccomp |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 far | advmod |
| 8 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 had | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 smashed | punct |
| 10 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 14 smashed | mark |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 car | det |
| 12 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 smashed | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 smashed | aux:pass |
| 14 | smashed | smash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 had | conj |
| 15 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 14 smashed | advmod |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | many cars | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | have | past | Toad | far property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | smash a condition, not said to happen | past · passive | every car | once property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
7
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Seven cars in all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 cars | nummod |
| 2 | cars | car | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 all | case |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 cars | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Eight, counting the caravan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 counting | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Eight | punct |
| 3 | counting | count | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 caravan | det |
| 5 | caravan | caravan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 counting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | gerund | Eight | the caravan | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caravan=Theme |
Option 4
0
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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