Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the…

«He'll be the most converted Toad that ever was!» What does «converted» mean here?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: He, converted · What happens: be, mean · To what, where: converted Toad

This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: «He'll be the most converted Toad that ever was!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 Toad	punct
2	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 Toad	nsubj
3	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 Toad	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 Toad	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Toad	det
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 converted	advmod
7	converted	converted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Toad	amod
8	Toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 was	nsubj
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 was	advmod
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 Toad	acl:relcl
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	8 Toad	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 Toad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	future	He	the converted Toad					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 does «converted» mean here?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mean	aux
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 converted	punct
4	converted	converted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mean	nsubj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 converted	punct
6	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 mean	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	converted			here			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Totally changed in mind and manners, as if he had been born again entirely

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Totally	totally	ADV	_	2 changed	advmod
2	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 mind	case
4	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changed	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 manners	cc
6	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 mind	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 born	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 born	mark
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 born	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 born	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 born	aux
12	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 born	aux:pass
13	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 changed	conj
14	again	again	ADV	_	13 born	advmod
15	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	13 born	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	participle				mind and manners		totally property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	bear a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive		he			again	entirely property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Changed in his mind completely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 mind	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mind	nmod:poss
4	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Changed	obl
5	completely	completely	ADV	_	1 Changed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	participle				his mind		completely property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mind		his = he						nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Given a new house and garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 house	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 house	det
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 house	amod
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 garden	cc
6	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 house	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle							vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Turned to the Christian faith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	5 faith	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 faith	det
4	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 faith	amod
5	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	participle				the Christian faith			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to faith=Trajectory

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