Test 11 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 4: Dulce Domum (t…
Looking back: in chapter I, the Mole begged to do one job by himself at the picnic. What?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I · What happens: look back, beg, do · To what, where: chapter, one job, picnic · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 44 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 4: Dulce Domum (the carol, a magic supper, and a home to come back to)» 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: Looking back: in chapter I, the Mole begged to do one job by himself at the picnic.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 begged | csubj |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 begged | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 chapter | case |
| 5 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 begged | obl |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 begged | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Mole | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Mole | det |
| 9 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 I | conj |
| 10 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 do | mark |
| 12 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 begged | xcomp |
| 13 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 job | nummod |
| 14 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 do | obj |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 himself | case |
| 16 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 12 do | obl |
| 17 | at | at | ADP | _ | 19 picnic | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 picnic | det |
| 19 | picnic | picnic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 do | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 begged | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||||
| 2 | beg speech: request | past | I | chapter | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | I not said here | one job | the picnic | by himself = he | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |
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: What?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Unpack the luncheon-basket
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unpack | unpack | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 basket | det |
| 3 | luncheon | luncheon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 basket | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 luncheon | punct |
| 5 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Unpack | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unpack | imperative | you not said here | the luncheon basket | tree rules |
Option 2
Lay out the rug on the grass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lay | lay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Lay | compound:prt |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rug | det |
| 4 | rug | rug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lay | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 grass | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 grass | det |
| 7 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lay out | imperative | you not said here | the rug | the grass | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rug=Theme on grass=Destination |
Option 3
Fetch the water from the stream
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fetch | fetch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 water | det |
| 3 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fetch | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 stream | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 stream | det |
| 6 | stream | stream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fetch | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fetch | imperative | you not said here | the water | the stream | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent water=Theme from stream=Source |
Option 4
Carry the boat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 boat | det |
| 3 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Carry | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | imperative | you not said here | the boat | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme |
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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