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Test 2 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 4: Dulce Domum (t…

Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The field-mouse who was asked to recite gave a wonderful speech from the play.»

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: this, field mouse · What happens: be, ask, recite, give · To what, where: field mouse, wonderful speech, play

This is test 2 · ★★★ 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: 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 field-mouse who was asked to recite gave a wonderful speech from the play.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 gave	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mouse	det
3	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mouse	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 field	punct
5	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	nsubj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 asked	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 asked	aux:pass
8	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 mouse	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 recite	mark
10	recite	recite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 asked	xcomp
11	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 speech	det
13	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 speech	amod
14	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	obj
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 play	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 play	det
17	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 speech	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 gave	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask in a quote	past · passive		the field mouse					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	recite not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	the field mouse not said here						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	give in a quote	past	the field mouse	a wonderful speech		the play			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Theme

The options

Option 1

True: he recited well and the Rat applauded him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 recited	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 recited	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 recited	nsubj
4	recited	recite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 recited	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 applauded	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rat	det
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 applauded	nsubj
9	applauded	applaud	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 recited	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 applauded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recite	past	he					well property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	applaud	past	the Rat	him = he					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 2

False: he was too shy to speak, and the Rat told him to sit down and have some more ale by the fire

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shy	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 shy	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 shy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 shy	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 shy	advmod
6	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 speak	mark
8	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 shy	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 told	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 told	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Rat	det
12	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 told	nsubj
13	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 shy	parataxis
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 told	iobj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 sit	mark
16	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 told	xcomp
17	down	down	ADP	_	16 sit	compound:prt
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 have	cc
19	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 sit	conj
20	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	22 ale	det
21	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	22 ale	amod
22	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 have	obj
23	by	by	ADP	_	25 fire	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 fire	det
25	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 ale	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					shy property	tree rules
2	speak speech: other	to-infinitive	he not said here						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert	past	the Rat		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
4	sit down not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Rat not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	have	present	the Rat not said here	some more ale				by the fire	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ale=Patient

Option 3

True, he gave a splendid speech from the play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gave	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 speech	det
6	splendid	splendid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 speech	amod
7	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 play	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 play	det
10	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	he	a splendid speech		the play			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

False: he was too shy and stayed tongue-tied

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shy	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 shy	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 shy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 shy	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 shy	advmod
6	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stayed	cc
8	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 shy	conj
9	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tied	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 tongue	punct
11	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 stayed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					shy property	tree rules
2	stay	past	he not said here						tree rules
3	tie	participle	he not said here						vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

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