Test 2 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the…

Is this TRUE or FALSE? «Toad hands over his motor-clothes politely.»

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: this, Toad · What happens: be, hand · To what, where: motor clothes

This is test 2 · ★★★ 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: 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: «Toad hands over his motor-clothes politely.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 hands	punct
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 hands	nsubj
3	hands	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	8 clothes	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 clothes	nmod:poss
6	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 clothes	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 motor	punct
8	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 hands	obl
9	politely	politely	ADV	_	3 hands	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hands	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 hands	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand in a quote	present	Toad			Toad's motor clothes		politely property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

True: Toad hands over every item politely, then the Badger thanks him very warmly for his cooperation

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hands	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 hands	punct
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 hands	nsubj
4	hands	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	over	over	ADV	_	4 hands	advmod
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 item	det
7	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hands	obj
8	politely	politely	ADV	_	4 hands	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 thanks	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 thanks	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Badger	det
12	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 thanks	nsubj
13	thanks	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hands	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 thanks	obj
15	very	very	ADV	_	16 warmly	advmod
16	warmly	warmly	ADV	_	13 thanks	advmod
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 cooperation	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 cooperation	nmod:poss
19	cooperation	cooperation	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 thanks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	hand over	present	Toad	every item			over, politely property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent item=Theme
2	thank speech: thank	present	the Badger		Toad	then	for Toad's cooperation; warmly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for cooperation=Attribute
3	cooperate		Toad					nom cooperation «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

False: the Rat sits on him and the Mole pulls them off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sits	advmod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 sits	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sits	nsubj
5	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sits	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 pulls	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Mole	det
10	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pulls	nsubj
11	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sits	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 pulls	obj
13	off	off	ADP	_	11 pulls	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present	the Rat					on him = he	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on he=Location
2	pull off	present	the Mole	them = they					vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality

Option 3

True: Toad hands them over, very politely and calmly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hands	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 hands	punct
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 hands	nsubj
4	hands	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hands	iobj
6	over	over	ADP	_	4 hands	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 politely	punct
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 politely	advmod
9	politely	politely	ADV	_	4 hands	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 calmly	cc
11	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	9 politely	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand over	present	Toad		them = they			politely property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

True: Toad hands over his motor-clothes politely, folds them neatly and bows to his friends

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hands	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 hands	punct
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 hands	nsubj
4	hands	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	9 clothes	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 clothes	nmod:poss
7	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 clothes	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 motor	punct
9	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 hands	obl
10	politely	politely	ADV	_	4 hands	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 folds	punct
12	folds	fold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hands	conj
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 folds	obj
14	neatly	neatly	ADV	_	12 folds	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 bows	cc
16	bows	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 folds	conj
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 friends	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 friends	nmod:poss
19	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 bows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hand	present	Toad		Toad's motor clothes	politely property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	fold	present	Toad not said here	clothes		neatly property	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient
3	bow	present	Toad not said here			to Toad's friends	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to friend=Pivot

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