Test 11 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'…

«You've often asked us three to come and stay with you, Toad … well, now we're going to.» Why is this funny?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, we, this · What happens: ask, come, stay, go, be · To what, where: us

This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 46 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'm not sorry!» and the Toad locked in his bedroom)» 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: «You've often asked us three to come and stay with you, Toad … well, now we're going to.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 asked	punct
2	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 asked	nsubj
3	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 asked	aux
4	often	often	ADV	_	5 asked	advmod
5	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 asked	iobj
7	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 us	nmod:unmarked
8	to	to	PART	_	9 come	mark
9	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 asked	xcomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 stay	cc
11	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 come	conj
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 you	case
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 stay	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Toad	punct
15	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 asked	vocative
16	…	…	PUNCT	_	22 going	punct
17	well	well	INTJ	_	22 going	discourse
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 well	punct
19	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	22 going	advmod
20	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 going	nsubj
21	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 going	aux
22	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 asked	conj
23	to	to	PART	_	22 going	fixed
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 asked	punct
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask in a quote	present · perfect	You	us		Toad vocative; often property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic
2	come not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	You not said here				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	stay in a quote	infinitive	You not said here			with you	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with you=Location
4	go in a quote	present · progressive	we		now		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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: Why is this funny?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 funny	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 funny	cop
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 funny	nsubj
4	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 funny	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	this					funny property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Toad asked them as guests, but now they come as guards to watch over him

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 guests	case
5	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 asked	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 come	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 come	cc
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 come	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 come	nsubj
10	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	parataxis
11	as	as	ADP	_	12 guards	case
12	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 come	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 watch	mark
14	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 come	advcl
15	over	over	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 watch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	Toad	them = they		as guests	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
2	come	present	guests = guest		now	as guards	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	watch	to-infinitive	guests = guest not said here			over Toad	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over he=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Toad asked them as guests; now they come as guards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 guests	case
5	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 asked	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 come	punct
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 come	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 come	nsubj
9	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	parataxis
10	as	as	ADP	_	11 guards	case
11	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	Toad		them = they			as guests	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
2	come	present	guests = guest				now	as guards	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They are coming to stay after all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 coming	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 coming	aux
3	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stay	mark
5	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 coming	advcl
6	after	after	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present · progressive	They						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stay	to-infinitive	They not said here				after all		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Toad asked them to come once, not twice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 come	mark
5	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asked	xcomp
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 come	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 twice	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 twice	advmod
9	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 asked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	Toad		them = they			twice property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
2	come not said to happen	to-infinitive	Toad not said here					once property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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