Test 17 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the… ★★★ In chapter II the cart was canary-yellow. Now the car is «bright red (Toad's favourite colour)». What do these colours show about Toad?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★ ★, car, colours · What happens: be, show
This is test 17 · ★★★ of lesson 45 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the hour of Toad, and off with those motor-clothes!)» 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: ★★★ In chapter II the cart was canary-yellow.
compound compound nsubj case nmod flat det nsubj cop amod punct punct root ★ PROPN ★ NOUN ★ NOUN In ADP chapter NOUN II NUM the DET cart NOUN was AUX canary ADJ - PUNCT yellow ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ★ ★ PROPN Number=Sing 3 ★ compound 2 ★ ★ NOUN Number=Sing 3 ★ compound 3 ★ ★ NOUN Number=Sing 12 yellow nsubj 4 In in ADP _ 5 chapter case 5 chapter chapter NOUN Number=Sing 3 ★ nmod 6 II II NUM NumForm=Roman NumType=Card 5 chapter flat 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 cart det 8 cart cart NOUN Number=Sing 12 yellow nsubj 9 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 yellow cop 10 canary canary ADJ Degree=Pos 12 yellow amod 11 - - PUNCT _ 10 canary punct 12 yellow yellow ADJ Degree=Pos root root 13 . . PUNCT _ 12 yellow punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past ★ ★ ★ in chapter yellow 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: Now the car is «bright red (Toad's favourite colour)».
advmod det nsubj cop punct amod punct nmod:poss case amod parataxis punct punct punct root Now ADV the DET car NOUN is AUX « PUNCT bright ADJ red ADJ ( PUNCT Toad PROPN 's PART favourite ADJ colour NOUN ) PUNCT » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Now now ADV PronType=Dem 7 red advmod 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 car det 3 car car NOUN Number=Sing 7 red nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 red cop 5 « « PUNCT _ 7 red punct 6 bright bright ADJ Degree=Pos 7 red amod 7 red red ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 ( ( PUNCT _ 12 colour punct 9 Toad Toad PROPN Number=Sing 12 colour nmod:poss 10 's 's PART _ 9 Toad case 11 favourite favourite ADJ Degree=Pos 12 colour amod 12 colour colour NOUN Number=Sing 7 red parataxis 13 ) ) PUNCT _ 12 colour punct 14 » » PUNCT _ 7 red punct 15 . . PUNCT _ 7 red punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote present the car now red property tree rules
Sentence 3: What do these colours show about Toad?
cop det nsubj acl:relcl case obl punct root What PRON do AUX these DET colours NOUN show VERB about ADP Toad PROPN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 these this DET Number=Plur PronType=Dem 4 colours det 4 colours colour NOUN Number=Plur 5 show nsubj 5 show show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What acl:relcl 6 about about ADP _ 7 Toad case 7 Toad Toad PROPN Number=Sing 5 show obl 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present tree rules 2 show present this colours about Toad vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent about toad=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice He's become quite sensible about colours now
nsubj aux advmod xcomp case obl advmod root He PRON 's AUX become VERB quite ADV sensible ADJ about ADP colours NOUN now ADV 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 3 become nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 become aux 3 become become VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 4 quite quite ADV _ 5 sensible advmod 5 sensible sensible ADJ Degree=Pos 3 become xcomp 6 about about ADP _ 7 colours case 7 colours colour NOUN Number=Plur 5 sensible obl 8 now now ADV PronType=Dem 3 become advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 become present · passive He now sensible property vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
Option 2 He loves bright, showy, look-at-me things, and wants everyone to notice him
The tree, 14 words nsubj xcomp punct conj punct parataxis punct case punct obl flat punct cc parataxis obj mark xcomp obj root He PRON loves VERB bright ADJ , PUNCT showy ADJ , PUNCT look VERB - PUNCT at ADP - PUNCT me PRON things NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ wants VERB everyone PRON to PART notice VERB him PRON 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 loves nsubj 2 loves love VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 bright bright ADJ Degree=Pos 2 loves xcomp 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 showy punct 5 showy showy ADJ Degree=Pos 3 bright conj 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 look punct 7 look look VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 2 loves parataxis 8 - - PUNCT _ 11 me punct 9 at at ADP _ 11 me case 10 - - PUNCT _ 9 at punct 11 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 look obl 12 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 11 me flat 13 , , PUNCT _ 15 wants punct 14 and and CCONJ _ 15 wants cc 15 wants want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 loves parataxis 16 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 15 wants obj 17 to to PART _ 18 notice mark 18 notice notice VERB VerbForm=Inf 15 wants xcomp 19 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 18 notice obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 love present He bright property vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer 2 look infinitive at me vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at i=Theme 3 want present everyone tree rules 4 notice not said to happen to-infinitive everyone not said here him = he vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer He loves bright, showy, look-at-me things
nsubj xcomp punct conj punct parataxis punct case punct obl flat root He PRON loves VERB bright ADJ , PUNCT showy ADJ , PUNCT look VERB - PUNCT at ADP - PUNCT me PRON things NOUN 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 loves nsubj 2 loves love VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 bright bright ADJ Degree=Pos 2 loves xcomp 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 showy punct 5 showy showy ADJ Degree=Pos 3 bright conj 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 look punct 7 look look VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 2 loves parataxis 8 - - PUNCT _ 11 me punct 9 at at ADP _ 11 me case 10 - - PUNCT _ 9 at punct 11 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 look obl 12 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 11 me flat
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 love present He bright property vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer 2 look infinitive at me vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at i=Theme
Option 4 He likes calm, quiet colours
nsubj amod punct amod obj root He PRON likes VERB calm ADJ , PUNCT quiet ADJ colours NOUN 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 likes nsubj 2 likes like VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 calm calm ADJ Degree=Pos 6 colours amod 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 calm punct 5 quiet quiet ADJ Degree=Pos 6 colours amod 6 colours colour NOUN Number=Plur 2 likes obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 like present He calm quiet colours vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot colour=Theme
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