Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a…
Mia, lowkey shook (a bit upset): «Badger had heaps of food and the Mole's got nothing, that's sad.» What makes the Mole's supper feel like a feast anyway?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia, Mole, that, supper · What happens: have, get, be, make, feel · To what, where: heaps, nothing
This is test 12 · ★★★ 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: Mia, lowkey shook (a bit upset): «Badger had heaps of food and the Mole's got nothing, that's sad.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 had | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 shook | punct |
| 3 | lowkey | lowkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shook | compound |
| 4 | shook | shook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mia | appos |
| 5 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 8 upset | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bit | det |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 upset | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 shook | appos |
| 9 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 8 upset | punct |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 had | punct |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 had | punct |
| 12 | Badger | Badger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 had | nsubj |
| 13 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | heaps | heap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 had | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 food | case |
| 16 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 heaps | nmod |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 got | cc |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Mole | det |
| 19 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 got | nsubj |
| 20 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 got | aux |
| 21 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 food | conj |
| 22 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 21 got | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 sad | punct |
| 24 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 sad | nsubj |
| 25 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 sad | cop |
| 26 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 had | parataxis |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 26 sad | punct |
| 28 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | past | Mia | heaps of food | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heap=Patient | ||||
| 2 | get in a quote | present · passive | the Mole | nothing | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | that | sad property | 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: What makes the Mole's supper feel like a feast anyway?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Mole | det |
| 4 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 supper | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Mole | case |
| 6 | supper | supper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 feel | nsubj |
| 7 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 makes | ccomp |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 feast | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 feast | det |
| 10 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 feel | obl |
| 11 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 7 feel | advmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | feel | infinitive | the Mole's supper | like a feast; anyway property | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like feast=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Lots of sardines and biscuits
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 sardines | case |
| 3 | sardines | sardine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Lots | nmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 biscuits | cc |
| 5 | biscuits | biscuit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Lots | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A big warm fire and the snow outside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 fire | det |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fire | amod |
| 3 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fire | amod |
| 4 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 snow | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 snow | det |
| 7 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fire | conj |
| 8 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 4 fire | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The Mole's brave cheerful spirit when he is sad
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 | 6 spirit | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Mole | case |
| 4 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 spirit | amod |
| 5 | cheerful | cheerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 spirit | amod |
| 6 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 10 sad | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 sad | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 sad | cop |
| 10 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 spirit | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | sad property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A friend who makes the best of it with jokes and kindness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 makes | nsubj |
| 4 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 best | det |
| 6 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 makes | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 best | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 jokes | case |
| 10 | jokes | joke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 makes | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 kindness | cc |
| 12 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 jokes | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | a friend | the best | with jokes and kindness | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Product |
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