Test 14 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a…
Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The field-mice come to Mole End first because it's the closest house.»
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: this, field mice, it · What happens: be, come · To what, where: closest house
This is test 14 · ★★★ 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: Is this TRUE or FALSE?
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 TRUE | cop |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 TRUE | nsubj |
| 3 | TRUE | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 FALSE | cc |
| 5 | FALSE | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 TRUE | conj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 TRUE | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | this not said here | 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: «The field-mice come to Mole End first because it's the closest house.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 come | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mice | det |
| 3 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mice | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 field | punct |
| 5 | mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 come | nsubj |
| 6 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Mole | case |
| 8 | Mole | Mole | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 come | vocative |
| 9 | End | End | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Mole | flat |
| 10 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 come | advmod |
| 11 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 16 house | mark |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 house | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 house | cop |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 house | det |
| 15 | closest | close | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 16 house | amod |
| 16 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 come | advcl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 come | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 come | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in a quote | present | the field mice | Mole vocative; first property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | it | the closest house | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
True: they come first every year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 come | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 come | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 come | nsubj |
| 4 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 come | advmod |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 year | det |
| 7 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 come | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | True | year | first property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
False: they come last of all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | False | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 come | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 come | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 come | nsubj |
| 4 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | last | last | ADV | _ | 4 come | advmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 last | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | False | last property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
False: they come to Mole End in the middle of the night, after all the others
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | False | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 come | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 come | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 come | nsubj |
| 4 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 End | case |
| 6 | Mole | Mole | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 End | compound |
| 7 | End | End | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 come | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 middle | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 middle | det |
| 10 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 come | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 night | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 night | det |
| 13 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 middle | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 others | punct |
| 15 | after | after | ADP | _ | 18 others | case |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 others | det:predet |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 others | det |
| 18 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | False | Mole End | the middle of the night | after all others | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to end=Initial_Location |
Option 4
True: they always visit first, since Mole End is nearest to the lane for the carollers
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 visit | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 visit | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 visit | advmod |
| 5 | visit | visit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 True | acl:relcl |
| 6 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 visit | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 nearest | punct |
| 8 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 12 nearest | mark |
| 9 | Mole | Mole | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 End | compound |
| 10 | End | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 nearest | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 nearest | cop |
| 12 | nearest | near | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 visit | parataxis |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 lane | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 lane | det |
| 15 | lane | lane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 nearest | obl |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 carollers | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 carollers | det |
| 18 | carollers | caroller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 nearest | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | visit | present | they | True not said here | always, first property | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent true=Co-Agent | |||
| 2 | is | present | Mole End | to the lane; for the carollers; near 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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