Test 3 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 4: Dulce Domum (t…
The field-mice drink mulled ale in this old book. What do we know today?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: field mice, we · What happens: drink, mull, know · To what, where: mulled ale, old book
This is test 3 · ★★★ 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: The field-mice drink mulled ale in this old book.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 mice | det |
| 2 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mice | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 field | punct |
| 4 | mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 drink | nsubj |
| 5 | drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | mulled | mull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 ale | amod |
| 7 | ale | ale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 drink | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 book | case |
| 9 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 book | det |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 book | amod |
| 11 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 drink | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 drink | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | present | the field mice | mulled ale | this old book | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ale=Patient | |||
| 2 | mull | participle | 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: What do we know today?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 know | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | aux |
| 3 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 know | nsubj |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 know | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present · do-support | we | today | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Alcohol is harmful for children, and they must not drink it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alcohol | alcohol | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 harmful | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 harmful | cop |
| 3 | harmful | harmful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 children | case |
| 5 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 harmful | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 drink | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 drink | cc |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 drink | nsubj |
| 9 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 drink | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 drink | advmod |
| 11 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 harmful | parataxis |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 drink | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Alcohol | for children; harmful property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not drink | must | children = child | Alcohol | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 2
Children may drink a small glass of ale each day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 drink | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 drink | aux |
| 3 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 glass | det |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 glass | amod |
| 6 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drink | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 ale | case |
| 8 | ale | ale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 glass | nmod |
| 9 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 day | det |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drink | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | may | Children | a small glass of ale | day | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Patient |
Option 3
Spiced drinks were once thought good for colds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spiced | spice | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 drinks | amod |
| 2 | drinks | drink | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 thought | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 thought | aux:pass |
| 4 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 thought | advmod |
| 5 | thought | think | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thought | xcomp |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 colds | case |
| 8 | colds | cold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 thought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spice | participle | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past · passive | Spiced drinks | for colds; good, once property | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
It was a healthy drink
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 | 5 drink | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 drink | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 drink | det |
| 4 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 drink | amod |
| 5 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a healthy drink | tree rules |
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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