Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (t…

Zara, a bit salty: «the Rat's mean, Mole cried and he never said sorry.» (salty = cross) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mole, you · What happens: cry, not say, put · To what, where: salty cross · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: Zara, a bit salty: «the Rat's mean, Mole cried and he never said sorry.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zara	Zara	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 salty	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Zara	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 salty	obl:unmarked
5	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 mean	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 mean	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Rat	det
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 mean	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Rat	case
11	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 salty	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cried	punct
13	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 cried	nsubj
14	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 mean	parataxis
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 said	cc
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 said	nsubj
17	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	18 said	advmod
18	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 cried	conj
19	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 said	xcomp
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 salty	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 salty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express in a quote	past	Mole						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not say speech: apologize in a quote	past	Mole					sorry property	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: (salty = cross) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	4 cross	punct
2	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cross	amod
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 cross	punct
4	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Put	obl:unmarked
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 cross	punct
6	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 Put	obj
8	right	right	ADV	_	6 Put	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	salty cross				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He calls himself a pig, then goes back to find the Mole, and says sorry

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 calls	nsubj
2	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 calls	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pig	det
5	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calls	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 goes	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 goes	advmod
8	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 calls	conj
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 goes	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 find	mark
11	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 goes	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Mole	det
13	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 find	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 says	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 says	cc
16	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 calls	conj
17	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 says	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	He	himself = he			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient
2	go back	present	He not said here		then		tree rules
3	find	to-infinitive	He not said here	the Mole			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Topic
4	say speech: apologize	present	He not said here			sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He never apologises and walks straight home again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 apologises	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 apologises	advmod
3	apologises	apologise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 walks	cc
5	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 apologises	conj
6	straight	straight	ADV	_	7 home	advmod
7	home	home	ADV	_	5 walks	advmod
8	again	again	ADV	_	5 walks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not apologise speech: apologize	present	He						tree rules
2	walk	present	He not said here				again	home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He says sorry but never goes back for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	xcomp
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 goes	cc
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 goes	advmod
6	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 goes	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: apologize	present	He					sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	not go back	present	He not said here					for him = he	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He calls himself a pig, and then does something about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 calls	nsubj
2	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 calls	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pig	det
5	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calls	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 does	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 does	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 does	advmod
9	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 calls	conj
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 does	obj
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 something	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	He	himself = he					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient
2	do	present	He not said here	something			then	about pig	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality

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