Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a…

Arjun: «the Rat just does the needful and opens the tin, innit.» (do the needful = do what's necessary) But first, how did he even know there were sardines?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat, you, sardines · What happens: do, open, be, know · To what, where: needful, tin · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: Arjun: «the Rat just does the needful and opens the tin, innit.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Arjun	Arjun	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 does	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 does	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 does	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 does	advmod
7	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Arjun	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 needful	det
9	needful	needful	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 does	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 opens	cc
11	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 does	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tin	det
13	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 opens	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 innit	punct
15	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tin	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Arjun	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Arjun	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do in a quote	present	the Rat	the needful					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needful=Eventuality
2	open in a quote	present	the Rat not said here	the tin and innit					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tin=Theme

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: (do the needful = do what's necessary) But first, how did he even know there were sardines?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 needful	det
4	needful	needful	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 do	obj
5	=	=	SYM	_	9 necessary	punct
6	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 necessary	aux
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 necessary	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 necessary	cop
9	necessary	necessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 do	conj
10	)	)	PUNCT	_	9 necessary	punct
11	But	but	CCONJ	_	12 first	cc
12	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 necessary	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 know	punct
14	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	18 know	advmod
15	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 know	aux
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 know	nsubj
17	even	even	ADV	_	18 know	advmod
18	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 necessary	parataxis
19	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	20 were	expl
20	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 know	ccomp
21	sardines	sardine	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 were	nsubj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here	the needful			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needful=Eventuality
2	is	infinitive · do-support				necessary property	tree rules
3	know	past · do-support	Rat				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	be	past	sardines		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He heard the Mole mention them earlier while he was cleaning the whole house

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	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj
5	mention	mention	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 heard	xcomp
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 mention	obj
7	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 mention	advmod
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 cleaning	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 cleaning	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 cleaning	aux
11	cleaning	clean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 heard	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 house	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 house	amod
14	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cleaning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past	He	the Mole		tree rules
2	mention speech: other	infinitive	the Mole not said here	them = they	early property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Topic
3	clean	past · progressive	he	the whole house		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent house=Patient

Option 2

He tasted the air in the kitchen and found a tin marked with a label

The tree, 15 words

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	2 tasted	nsubj
2	tasted	taste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 air	det
4	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tasted	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 kitchen	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kitchen	det
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tasted	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 found	cc
9	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tasted	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tin	det
11	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 found	obj
12	marked	mark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 tin	acl
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 label	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 label	det
15	label	label	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 marked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	taste	past	He	the air	the kitchen		vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent air=Theme in kitchen=Location
2	find	past	He not said here	a tin			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tin=Topic
3	mark	participle		a tin not said here		with a label	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with label=Theme

Option 3

He remembered the tin from when Toad visited

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	2 remembered	nsubj
2	remembered	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tin	det
4	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remembered	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	8 visited	mark
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 visited	advmod
7	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 visited	nsubj
8	visited	visit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 remembered	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	past	He	the tin					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent tin=Theme
2	visit	past	Toad						vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He saw a sardine-opener and worked it out

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	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 opener	det
4	sardine	sardine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 opener	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 sardine	punct
6	opener	opener	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 worked	cc
8	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 saw	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 worked	obj
10	out	out	ADP	_	8 worked	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	He	a sardine opener					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer opener=Stimulus
2	work out	past	He not said here	opener					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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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