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Test 17 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a…

★★★ «I know some animals who would give their ears to be sitting down to supper with us.» Does he mean they'd really cut off their ears?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, animals, he · What happens: know, give, sit down, supper, mean, cut off · To what, where: ★ ★ ★, ears · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ «I know some animals who would give their ears to be sitting down to supper with us.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ★	compound
2	★	★	X	_	3 ★	compound
3	★	★	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 know	nmod:desc
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 know	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 know	nsubj
6	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 animals	det
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 know	obj
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 give	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 give	aux
11	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 animals	acl:relcl
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 ears	nmod:poss
13	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 give	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	16 sitting	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 sitting	aux
16	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 give	advcl
17	down	down	ADV	_	16 sitting	advmod
18	to	to	PART	_	19 supper	mark
19	supper	supper	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 sitting	advcl
20	with	with	ADP	_	21 us	case
21	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 supper	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 know	punct
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know in a quote	present	I	★ ★ ★					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer animal=Stimulus
2	give in a quote	would	some animals	animals's ears					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme
3	sit down in a quote	to-infinitive · progressive	some animals not said here					down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	supper in a quote	to-infinitive	some animals not said here					with us	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: Does he mean they'd really cut off their ears?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 mean	nsubj
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cut	nsubj
5	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 cut	aux
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 cut	advmod
7	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 mean	ccomp
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 cut	compound:prt
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 ears	nmod:poss
10	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cut	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	he						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cut off	would	animals = animal	animals's ears					vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector ear=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Yes, they would cut them off gladly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 cut	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cut	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 cut	aux
5	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cut	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	5 cut	compound:prt
8	gladly	gladly	ADV	_	5 cut	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut off	would	they	them = they				gladly property	vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector they=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No — it means they'd want it very much

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 means	discourse
2	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 want	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 want	aux
7	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 means	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 want	obj
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 much	advmod
10	much	much	ADV	_	7 want	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	want	would	they	it					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, he means they would really cut off their ears to be at supper with them

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cut	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 cut	aux
7	really	really	ADV	_	8 cut	advmod
8	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 means	ccomp
9	off	off	ADP	_	8 cut	compound:prt
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 ears	nmod:poss
11	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cut	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	15 supper	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 supper	cop
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 supper	case
15	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cut	advcl
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 them	case
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 supper	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	he						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cut off	would	they	their ears					vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector ear=Eventuality
3	is	to-infinitive	they not said here			supper		with ears = ear	tree rules

Option 4

No, he means they admire the Mole's hearing and his lovely sharp ears

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 admire	nsubj
6	admire	admire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Mole	det
8	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hearing	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Mole	case
10	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 admire	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 ears	cc
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 ears	nmod:poss
13	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 ears	amod
14	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 ears	amod
15	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hearing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	he						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	admire	present	they	the Mole's hearing and his lovely sharp ears					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hearing=Stimulus
3	hear		the Mole						nom hearing «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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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