Test 16 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (t…
★★★ «Garibaldi, and the infant Samuel, and Queen Victoria, and other heroes of modern Italy.» Which word shows the writer's trick?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: word, writer · What happens: show, trick · To what, where: trick
This is test 16 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (the Mole's sobs, the Rat turns back, and Mole End)» 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: ★★★ «Garibaldi, and the infant Samuel, and Queen Victoria, and other heroes of modern Italy.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | _ | 3 ★ | compound |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 Garibaldi | punct |
| 5 | Garibaldi | Garibaldi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | appos |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Samuel | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 Samuel | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Samuel | det |
| 9 | infant | infant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 Samuel | amod |
| 10 | Samuel | Samuel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | appos |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Queen | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 Queen | cc |
| 13 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Samuel | appos |
| 14 | Victoria | Victoria | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Queen | flat |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 heroes | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 heroes | cc |
| 17 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 heroes | amod |
| 18 | heroes | hero | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 Samuel | nmod |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Italy | case |
| 20 | modern | modern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 Italy | amod |
| 21 | Italy | Italy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 heroes | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ★ | punct |
| 23 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 ★ | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Which word shows the writer's trick?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 word | det |
| 2 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 writer | det |
| 5 | writer | writer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 trick | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 writer | case |
| 7 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | which word | the writer's trick | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent trick=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | trick | the writer | nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1
«Italian» — a joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Italian | punct |
| 2 | Italian | Italian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 joke | nsubj |
| 3 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 Italian | punct |
| 4 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 joke | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 joke | det |
| 6 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
«Modern» — it hides that they are not heroes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Modern | punct |
| 2 | Modern | modern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hides | ccomp |
| 3 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 Modern | punct |
| 4 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 hides | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 hides | nsubj |
| 6 | hides | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 heroes | mark |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 heroes | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 heroes | cop |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 heroes | advmod |
| 11 | heroes | hero | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hides | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present | it | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is a | present | they | heroes | tree rules |
Option 3
«Infant» — it makes Samuel a hero of Italy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Infant | punct |
| 2 | Infant | infant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 makes | advcl |
| 3 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 Infant | punct |
| 4 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 Infant | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 makes | nsubj |
| 6 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | Samuel | Samuel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 makes | obj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 hero | det |
| 9 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 makes | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Italy | case |
| 11 | Italy | Italy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 hero | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | it | a hero of Italy | Samuel | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset samuel=Beneficiary hero=Product |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
«other» — it pretends they are all Italian heroes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 other | punct |
| 2 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 pretends | parataxis |
| 3 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 other | punct |
| 4 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 pretends | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pretends | nsubj |
| 6 | pretends | pretend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 heroes | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 heroes | cop |
| 9 | all | all | ADV | _ | 11 heroes | advmod |
| 10 | Italian | Italian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 heroes | amod |
| 11 | heroes | hero | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 pretends | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | present | it | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | they | Italian heroes | all property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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