Test 2 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a…

Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Rat is not hungry, so he lets the Mole talk.»

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: this, Rat, he · What happens: be, not be, let · To what, where: Mole talk

This is test 2 · ★★★ 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 Rat is not hungry, so he lets the Mole talk.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 hungry	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Rat	det
3	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 hungry	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hungry	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 hungry	advmod
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 lets	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 lets	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 lets	nsubj
10	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hungry	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 talk	det
12	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 talk	compound
13	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lets	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 hungry	punct
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 hungry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is in a quote	present	the Rat					hungry property	tree rules
2	let in a quote	present	he	the Mole talk					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

True: he is perfectly content with his small share of the sardines and biscuits

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 content	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 content	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 content	cop
5	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	6 content	advmod
6	content	content	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 True	conj
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 share	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 share	nmod:poss
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 share	amod
10	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 content	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 sardines	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sardines	det
13	sardines	sardine	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 share	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 biscuits	cc
15	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 sardines	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					with his small share of the sardines and biscuits; content, perfectly property	tree rules
2	share		his = he	the sardines and biscuits					nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

False: he is desperately hungry but hides it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hungry	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 hungry	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hungry	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hungry	cop
5	desperately	desperately	ADV	_	6 hungry	advmod
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 hides	cc
8	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hungry	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hides	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					desperately, hungry property	tree rules
2	hide	present	he not said here	it					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

True: he ate a big supper at Badger's house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ate	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 ate	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ate	nsubj
4	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 supper	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 supper	amod
7	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ate	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 house	case
9	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 house	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Badger	case
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	he	a big supper		Badger's house			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Patient

Option 4

False: he is not hungry at all today

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 hungry	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hungry	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hungry	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 hungry	advmod
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 False	parataxis
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 hungry	obl
9	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hungry	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	he			all	today	hungry property	tree rules

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