Test 1 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a…

Kayla: «the Rat's mid about Mole's house, says it's a dump.» (mid = so-so) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kayla, house · What happens: say, be, put · To what, where: dump · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a dusty home, a sardine supper, and voices outside)» 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: Kayla: «the Rat's mid about Mole's house, says it's a dump.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kayla	Kayla	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 says	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 mid	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 mid	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 mid	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Rat	case
7	mid	mid	ADJ	_	1 Kayla	amod
8	about	about	ADP	_	11 house	case
9	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 house	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Mole	case
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mid	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Kayla	punct
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 dump	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 dump	cop
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 dump	det
17	dump	dump	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 says	ccomp
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	Kayla						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	house	a dump					tree rules

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: (mid = so-so) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 mid	punct
2	mid	mid	X	_	root	root
3	=	=	SYM	_	2 mid	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	2 mid	advmod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 mid	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	2 mid	advmod
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 mid	punct
8	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 mid	goeswith
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 mid	obj
10	right	right	ADV	_	2 mid	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 mid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	infinitive							vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He says it is dusty, but praises its design and the sleeping-bunks, wanting to visit again soon

The tree, 18 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 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dusty	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dusty	cop
5	dusty	dusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 praises	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 praises	cc
8	praises	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 design	nmod:poss
10	design	design	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 praises	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 bunks	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bunks	det
13	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bunks	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 sleeping	punct
15	bunks	bunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 design	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 wanting	punct
17	wanting	want	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 praises	advcl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 visit	mark
19	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 wanting	xcomp
20	again	again	ADV	_	19 visit	advmod
21	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	19 visit	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	He				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	it			dusty property	tree rules
3	praise	present	He not said here	its design and the sleeping bunks			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent design=Theme
4	want	gerund	He not said here				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	visit not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here		again	soon property	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	design		its = it				nom design «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He praises it: «a capital little house», so well planned

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 praises	nsubj
2	praises	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 praises	obj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 praises	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 house	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 house	det
7	capital	capital	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 house	amod
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 house	amod
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 praises	parataxis
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 house	punct
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 planned	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 planned	advmod
13	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 planned	advmod
14	planned	plan	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 praises	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	present	He	it					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme clause=Attribute
2	plan	participle	He not said here					well property	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He criticises the dust but secretly admires the Mole's taste and the careful planning of every room

The tree, 18 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 criticises	nsubj
2	criticises	criticise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dust	det
4	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 criticises	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 admires	cc
6	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	7 admires	advmod
7	admires	admire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 criticises	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Mole	det
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 taste	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Mole	case
11	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 admires	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 planning	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 planning	det
14	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 planning	amod
15	planning	planning	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 taste	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 room	case
17	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 room	det
18	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 planning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	criticise	present	He	the dust		tree rules
2	admire	present	He not said here	the Mole's taste and the careful planning of every room	secretly property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer taste=Stimulus
3	taste		the Mole			nom taste «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
4	plan			every room		nom planning «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

He calls it cold and says it should be torn down

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	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 calls	obj
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 calls	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 says	cc
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 calls	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 torn	nsubj:pass
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 torn	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 torn	aux:pass
10	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 says	ccomp
11	down	down	ADP	_	10 torn	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	call	present	He	it	cold property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	present	He not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	tear down	should · passive		it		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

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