Test 4 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a…
«They come to Mole End last of all,» says Mole with pride. Why is he proud?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: They, Mole · What happens: come, say, be · To what, where: Mole End · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★★ 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: «They come to Mole End last of all,» says Mole with pride.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 come | punct |
| 2 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 come | nsubj |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 End | case |
| 5 | Mole | Mole | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 End | compound |
| 6 | End | End | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 come | obl |
| 7 | last | last | ADV | _ | 3 come | advmod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 last | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 says | punct |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 says | punct |
| 12 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 come | conj |
| 13 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 says | nsubj |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 pride | case |
| 15 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 Mole | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 come | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in a quote | present | They | to Mole End | last property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to end=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Mole with pride | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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 he proud?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 proud | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 proud | cop |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 proud | nsubj |
| 4 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 proud | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Mole | proud property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It's late
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 late | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 late | cop |
| 3 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | late property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He is tired
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 tired | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 tired | cop |
| 3 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | tired property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Ending at his home shows they value him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ending | end | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 shows | csubj |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 home | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 home | nmod:poss |
| 4 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ending | obl |
| 5 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 value | nsubj |
| 7 | value | value | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 shows | ccomp |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 value | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | gerund | his home | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | show | present | Ending | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | value | present | they | him = he | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 4
They always eat his food first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 eat | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 eat | advmod |
| 3 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 food | nmod:poss |
| 5 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 eat | obj |
| 6 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 eat | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | They | his food | always, first property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |
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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