Test 13 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (t…

Ivy, lowkey teary: «I'm dead, why's she crying over a smell?» (I'm dead = that's so funny) What does the smell really mean to the Mole?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, Ivy, that · What happens: be, cry, do, mean · To what, where: smell

This is test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (the village windows and the call of home)» 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: Ivy, lowkey teary: «I'm dead, why's she crying over a smell?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ivy	Ivy	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 teary	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 teary	punct
3	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	_	4 teary	advmod
4	teary	teary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 dead	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 dead	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 dead	nsubj
8	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 dead	cop
9	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 teary	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 crying	punct
11	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	14 crying	advmod
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 crying	aux
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 crying	nsubj
14	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 dead	conj
15	over	over	ADP	_	17 smell	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 smell	det
17	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 crying	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 teary	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 teary	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	I					dead property	tree rules
2	cry speech: express in a quote	present · progressive	Ivy			a smell			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over smell=Location

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: (I'm dead = that's so funny) What does the smell really mean to the Mole?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	4 dead	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 dead	nsubj
3	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dead	cop
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	=	=	PUNCT	_	9 funny	punct
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 funny	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 funny	cop
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 funny	advmod
9	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dead	conj
10	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 dead	punct
11	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 does	nsubj
12	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dead	parataxis
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 smell	det
14	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 does	obj
15	really	really	ADV	_	16 mean	advmod
16	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 does	advcl
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 Mole	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Mole	det
19	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 mean	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 dead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	I		dead property	tree rules
2	is	present	that		funny property	tree rules
3	do	present		the smell		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smell=Eventuality
4	mean	present			to the Mole	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot to mole=Attribute

The options

Option 1

Nothing much, only a sad reminder of food that he cannot have now in the cold dark night

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	much	much	ADV	_	1 Nothing	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 reminder	punct
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 reminder	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reminder	det
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reminder	amod
7	reminder	reminder	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	appos
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 food	case
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reminder	nmod
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 have	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 have	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 have	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 have	advmod
14	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 reminder	acl
15	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 have	advmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	20 night	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 night	det
18	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 night	amod
19	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 night	amod
20	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 have	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	can	he	a sad reminder of food not said here			now; night		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reminder=Patient
2	remind			food					nom reminder «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

His own home calling him, full of memories

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 home	nmod:poss
2	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 home	amod
3	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	calling	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 home	acl
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 calling	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 full	punct
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 home	acl:relcl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 memories	case
9	memories	memory	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	gerund	His own home not said here		him = he				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 3

A pleasant scent from a far-off garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 scent	det
2	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 scent	amod
3	scent	scent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	9 garden	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 garden	det
6	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 off	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 far	punct
8	off	off	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 garden	compound
9	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scent	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Just a funny smell from the cottage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Just	just	ADV	_	4 smell	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 smell	det
3	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 smell	amod
4	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 cottage	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cottage	det
7	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smell	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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