Test 4 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (t…
«It reflected everything all wrong and had a very pleasing effect.» What is funny here?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: It · What happens: reflect, have, be · To what, where: everything, pleasing effect
This is test 4 · ★★★ 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 reflected everything all wrong and had a very pleasing effect.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 reflected | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 reflected | nsubj |
| 3 | reflected | reflect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 reflected | obj |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 wrong | advmod |
| 6 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 everything | amod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 had | cc |
| 8 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 reflected | conj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 effect | det |
| 10 | very | very | ADV | _ | 11 pleasing | advmod |
| 11 | pleasing | pleasing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 effect | amod |
| 12 | effect | effect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 had | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 reflected | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 reflected | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reflect in a quote | past | It | everything | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have in a quote | past | a pleasing effect | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient |
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: What is funny here?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 funny | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 funny | cop |
| 3 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 funny | advmod |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 funny | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | here | funny property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
A glass ball that flips the view is called useful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 ball | det |
| 2 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ball | compound |
| 3 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 called | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 flips | nsubj |
| 5 | flips | flip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 ball | acl:relcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 view | det |
| 7 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 flips | obj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 called | aux:pass |
| 9 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | useful | useful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 called | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flip | present | a glass ball | the view | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent view=Theme | ||||
| 2 | call | present · passive | a glass ball | useful property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The glass ball is silver and pleasing to look at
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ball | det |
| 2 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ball | compound |
| 3 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 silver | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 silver | cop |
| 5 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 pleasing | cc |
| 7 | pleasing | please | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 silver | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 look | mark |
| 9 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 pleasing | xcomp |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the glass ball | silver property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | please | gerund | the glass ball not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | look | to-infinitive | the glass ball not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A ball that shows everything wrong is called pleasing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 ball | det |
| 2 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 called | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 shows | nsubj |
| 4 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 ball | acl:relcl |
| 5 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 shows | obj |
| 6 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 everything | amod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 called | aux:pass |
| 8 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | pleasing | pleasing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 called | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a ball | everything | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everything=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | call | present · passive | a ball | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
Option 4
The Mole thinks the ball is pretty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Mole | det |
| 2 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thinks | nsubj |
| 3 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ball | det |
| 5 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thinks | obj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 pretty | cop |
| 7 | pretty | pretty | ADV | _ | 3 thinks | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | the Mole | the ball | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ball=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | pretty 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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