Test 3 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (t…

«It's bostin' (great) — Queen Victoria is an Italian hero!» says Alfie. Is he right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: It, Queen, bostin · What happens: be, say · To what, where: bostin, Italian hero · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★★ 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: «It's bostin' (great) — Queen Victoria is an Italian hero!» says Alfie.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 bostin	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bostin	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bostin	cop
4	bostin	bostin	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 says	nsubj
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	4 bostin	punct
6	(	(	PUNCT	_	7 great	punct
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bostin	appos
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	7 great	punct
9	—	-	PUNCT	_	15 hero	punct
10	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 hero	nsubj
11	Victoria	Victoria	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Queen	flat
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 hero	cop
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 hero	det
14	Italian	Italian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 hero	amod
15	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 says	nsubj
16	!	!	PUNCT	_	15 hero	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 hero	punct
18	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	Alfie	Alfie	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 says	nsubj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	It	bostin	tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	Queen	a Italian hero	tree rules
3	say speech: express	present	bostin		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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: Is he right?

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 right	cop
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	bostin					right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

No — the writer is joking; only Garibaldi was an Italian hero

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 joking	det
2	—	-	PUNCT	_	6 joking	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 writer	det
4	writer	writer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 joking	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 joking	aux
6	joking	joke	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 hero	amod
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 joking	punct
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 Garibaldi	advmod
9	Garibaldi	Garibaldi	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 joking	obl
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 hero	cop
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 hero	det
12	Italian	Italian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 hero	amod
13	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	joke speech: other	present · progressive	the writer	Garibaldi					vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		a joking Italian hero					tree rules

Option 2

No — Victoria was English, so Alfie is wrong only sometimes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 English	det
2	—	-	PUNCT	_	5 English	punct
3	Victoria	Victoria	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 English	compound
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 English	cop
5	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wrong	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 wrong	advmod
8	Alfie	Alfie	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 wrong	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 wrong	cop
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 English	conj
11	only	only	ADV	_	12 sometimes	advmod
12	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 wrong	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		no Victoria English					tree rules
2	is	present	Alfie					sometimes, wrong property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes — Garibaldi and Victoria were both Italian heroes of modern history

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 heroes	discourse
2	—	-	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	Garibaldi	Garibaldi	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 heroes	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 Victoria	cc
5	Victoria	Victoria	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Garibaldi	conj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 heroes	cop
7	both	both	ADV	_	9 heroes	advmod
8	Italian	Italian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 heroes	amod
9	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 history	case
11	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 history	amod
12	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 heroes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Garibaldi and Victoria	Italian heroes				of modern history; both property	tree rules

Option 4

No, because the writer is serious and Queen Victoria was not a hero at all

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 serious	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 serious	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 serious	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 writer	det
5	writer	writer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 serious	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 serious	cop
7	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 hero	cc
9	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 hero	nsubj
10	Victoria	Victoria	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Queen	flat
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 hero	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 hero	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 hero	det
14	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 serious	conj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 hero	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the writer					serious property	tree rules
2	not is a	past	Queen	a hero		all			tree rules

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