Test 16 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a…

★★★ The Rat lists foods they DON'T have: «No pâté de foie gras, no champagne!» Why is this funny after the Mole's «No bread! no butter»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, foods, this · What happens: list, not have, be · To what, where: foods

This is test 16 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ The Rat lists foods they DON'T have: «No pâté de foie gras, no champagne!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 lists	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	ADP	_	5 Rat	case
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 ★	nmod
6	lists	list	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	foods	food	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lists	obj
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 have	nsubj
9	DO	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 have	aux
10	N'T	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 have	advmod
11	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 foods	acl:relcl
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 pâté	punct
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 pâté	punct
14	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 pâté	det
15	pâté	pâté	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lists	obl
16	de	de	ADP	_	18 gras	case
17	foie	foie	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 gras	compound
18	gras	gras	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pâté	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 champagne	punct
20	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	21 champagne	det
21	champagne	champagne	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pâté	appos
22	!	!	PUNCT	_	21 champagne	punct
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 pâté	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	list	present	★ ★ the Rat	foods				no pâté de foie gras obl	tree rules
2	not have	present · do-support	foods = food	foods not said here					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=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: Why is this funny after the Mole's «No bread! no butter»?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 funny	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 funny	cop
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 funny	nsubj
4	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	after	after	ADP	_	11 bread	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Mole	det
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bread	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Mole	case
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 bread	punct
10	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 bread	det
11	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 funny	obl
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	14 butter	punct
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 butter	det
14	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bread	conj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 butter	punct
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 funny	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	this				after the Mole's bread and no butter	funny property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Mole names simple foods; the Rat names wildly fancy ones

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 names	nsubj
3	names	name	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 foods	amod
5	foods	food	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 names	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 names	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rat	det
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 names	nsubj
9	names	name	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 names	conj
10	wildly	wildly	ADV	_	9 names	advmod
11	fancy	fancy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ones	amod
12	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 names	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	present	the Mole	simple foods					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme
2	name	present	the Rat	fancy ones				wildly property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

Option 2

The Rat jokes about imaginary luxuries while the Mole reveals how poor the cupboard really is, so the contrast is comic

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 jokes	nsubj
3	jokes	joke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 luxuries	case
5	imaginary	imaginary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 luxuries	amod
6	luxuries	luxury	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 jokes	obl
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 reveals	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Mole	det
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reveals	nsubj
10	reveals	reveal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 jokes	advcl
11	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	12 poor	advmod
12	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 reveals	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cupboard	det
14	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 poor	nsubj
15	really	really	ADV	_	16 is	advmod
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 poor	cop
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 comic	punct
18	so	so	ADV	_	22 comic	advmod
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 contrast	det
20	contrast	contrast	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 comic	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 comic	cop
22	comic	comic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 jokes	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	joke speech: other	present	the Rat	about imaginary luxuries	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about luxury=Topic
2	reveal	present	the Mole		vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	the cupboard	poor property	tree rules
4	is	present	the contrast	comic property	tree rules

Option 3

The Rat contradicts himself and forgets the sardines entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 contradicts	nsubj
3	contradicts	contradict	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 contradicts	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 forgets	cc
6	forgets	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 contradicts	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sardines	det
8	sardines	sardine	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 forgets	obj
9	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	6 forgets	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contradict	present	the Rat	Rat					tree rules
2	forget	present	the Rat not said here	the sardines				entirely property	tree rules

Option 4

It is funny because both are describing the same dull meal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	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	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 describing	mark
5	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	7 describing	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 describing	aux
7	describing	describe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 funny	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 meal	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 meal	amod
10	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 meal	amod
11	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					funny property	tree rules
2	describe	present · progressive	both	the same dull meal					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent meal=Theme

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