Test 2 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (t…
Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The rabbits hid the Mole in their burrows when the weasels chased him.»
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: this, rabbits, weasels · What happens: be, hide, chase · To what, where: Mole, burrows, him
This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 39 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (the Otter comes through the snow, and the best home is underground)» 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: Is this TRUE or FALSE?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 TRUE | cop |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 TRUE | nsubj |
| 3 | TRUE | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 FALSE | cc |
| 5 | FALSE | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 TRUE | conj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 TRUE | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | this not said here | 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: «The rabbits hid the Mole in their burrows when the weasels chased him.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 hid | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 rabbits | det |
| 3 | rabbits | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hid | nsubj |
| 4 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Mole | det |
| 6 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hid | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 burrows | case |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 burrows | nmod:poss |
| 9 | burrows | burrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hid | obl |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 chased | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 weasels | det |
| 12 | weasels | weasel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 chased | nsubj |
| 13 | chased | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 hid | advcl |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 chased | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 hid | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 hid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide in a quote | past | the rabbits | the Mole | rabbits's burrows | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mole=Patient in burrow=Location | |||
| 2 | chase in a quote | past | the weasels | him = he | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
False: they knew, but did nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | False | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 knew | advcl |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 knew | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 knew | nsubj |
| 4 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 did | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 did | cc |
| 7 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 knew | ccomp |
| 8 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 did | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | they | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | do | past | nothing | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |
Option 2
False.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | False | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 False | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
True: they hid him in holes safely
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hid | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 True | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hid | nsubj |
| 4 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hid | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 holes | case |
| 7 | holes | hole | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hid | obl |
| 8 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 4 hid | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | they | True | holes | safely property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient in hole=Location |
Option 4
True.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 True | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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