Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 4: Dulce Domum (t…

Ella, a bit salty: «Mole forgot his house all year, so it should be cross with him.» (salty = cross) How does the book say his home welcomes him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ella, house, salty cross, home · What happens: forget, be, do, say, welcome · To what, where: house, book, cross · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★★★ 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: Ella, a bit salty: «Mole forgot his house all year, so it should be cross with him.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 forgot	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bit	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ella	appos
5	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bit	amod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 forgot	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 forgot	punct
8	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 forgot	nsubj
9	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 house	nmod:poss
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 forgot	obj
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 year	det
13	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 forgot	obl:unmarked
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 cross	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	19 cross	advmod
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 cross	nsubj
17	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 cross	aux
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 cross	cop
19	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 forgot	parataxis
20	with	with	ADP	_	21 him	case
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 cross	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 forgot	punct
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 forgot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget in a quote	past	Ella	Mole's house			year		tree rules
2	is in a quote	should	house					with Mole; cross property	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: (salty = cross) How does the book say his home welcomes him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	4 cross	punct
2	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cross	amod
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 cross	punct
4	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 say	nsubj
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 cross	punct
6	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 does	advmod
7	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cross	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 book	det
9	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 does	obj
10	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 home	nmod:poss
12	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 welcomes	nsubj
13	welcomes	welcome	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 say	ccomp
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 welcomes	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	present		the book	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	present	salty cross		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	welcome	present	cross's home	cross	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Smilingly, without rancour — with the same simple welcome

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smilingly	smilingly	ADV	_	4 rancour	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Smilingly	punct
3	without	without	ADP	_	4 rancour	case
4	rancour	rancour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	10 welcome	punct
6	with	with	ADP	_	10 welcome	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 welcome	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 welcome	amod
9	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 welcome	amod
10	welcome	welcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rancour	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

With a warm rush of gladness from every nook and corner, and a fond glow from the old kitchen fire

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	4 rush	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rush	det
3	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rush	amod
4	rush	rush	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 gladness	case
6	gladness	gladness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rush	nmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 nook	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 nook	det
9	nook	nook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rush	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 corner	cc
11	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 nook	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 glow	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 glow	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 glow	det
15	fond	fond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 glow	amod
16	glow	glow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rush	conj
17	from	from	ADP	_	21 fire	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 fire	det
19	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 fire	amod
20	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 fire	compound
21	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 glow	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rush			gladness		every nook and corner			nom rush «act transitive»: of=patient from=place

Option 3

Smilingly, though the dust lay thick on every chair, and the cobwebs and the damp had spread over the floors

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smilingly	smilingly	ADV	_	6 lay	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Smilingly	punct
3	though	though	ADP	_	5 dust	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dust	det
5	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lay	obl
6	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lay	xcomp
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 chair	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 chair	det
10	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lay	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 spread	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 spread	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cobwebs	det
14	cobwebs	cobweb	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 spread	nsubj:pass
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 damp	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 damp	det
17	damp	damp	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cobwebs	conj
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 spread	aux
19	spread	spread	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 lay	conj
20	over	over	ADP	_	22 floors	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 floors	det
22	floors	floor	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 spread	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	present				every chair		though the dust; smilingly, thick property	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on chair=Destination
2	spread	past · perfect · passive		the cobwebs and the damp		the floors			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme over floor=Destination

Option 4

Sulkily, though with the same warm welcome

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sulkily	sulkily	ADV	_	3 though	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Sulkily	punct
3	though	though	SCONJ	_	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	8 welcome	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 welcome	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 welcome	amod
7	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 welcome	amod
8	welcome	welcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 though	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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