Test 14 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'…

Darren from Newcastle: «howay, he's just playing cars with chairs, it's dead harmless.» (howay = come on) What do the chair-cars show about Toad?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Darren, howay, chair cars · What happens: play, be, come on, show · To what, where: cars

This is test 14 · ★★★ 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: Darren from Newcastle: «howay, he's just playing cars with chairs, it's dead harmless.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Darren	Darren	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 harmless	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Newcastle	case
3	Newcastle	Newcastle	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Darren	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 howay	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 howay	punct
6	howay	howay	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Darren	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 playing	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 playing	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 playing	aux
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 playing	advmod
11	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 howay	acl
12	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 playing	obj
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 chairs	case
14	chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 playing	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Darren	punct
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 harmless	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 harmless	cop
18	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 harmless	amod
19	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 harmless	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 harmless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play in a quote	present · progressive	Darren	cars				with chairs	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent car=Theme with chair=Co-Agent
2	is in a quote	present	Darren from Newcastle					harmless 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: (howay = come on) What do the chair-cars show about Toad?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct
2	howay	howay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 come	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 come	punct
4	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	on	on	ADV	_	4 come	advmod
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct
7	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 show	obj
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 show	aux
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cars	det
10	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cars	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 chair	punct
12	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 show	nsubj
13	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 come	advcl
14	about	about	ADP	_	15 Toad	case
15	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 show	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come on	infinitive	howay						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	show	present · do-support	the chair cars					about Toad	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent what=Recipient about toad=Topic

The options

Option 1

The craze still has a firm hold of him, just like an illness that will not go away

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 craze	det
2	craze	craze	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 has	advmod
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hold	det
6	firm	firm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hold	amod
7	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hold	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 illness	punct
11	just	just	ADV	_	14 illness	advmod
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 illness	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 illness	det
14	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	parataxis
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 go	nsubj
16	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 go	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 go	advmod
18	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 illness	acl:relcl
19	away	away	ADV	_	18 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the craze	a firm hold of him	still		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Patient
2	not go away	future	a illness			away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hold			him = he			nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

He is still very keen on cars, like a child

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	5 keen	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 keen	cop
3	still	still	ADV	_	5 keen	advmod
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 keen	advmod
5	keen	keen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 cars	case
7	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 keen	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 child	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 child	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 child	det
11	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keen	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			cars	still	keen property	tree rules

Option 3

The craze still has him, like a sickness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 craze	det
2	craze	craze	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 has	advmod
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 has	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sickness	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 sickness	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sickness	det
9	sickness	sickness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the craze	him = he			still		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The craze still has hold of him, like an illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 craze	det
2	craze	craze	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 has	advmod
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hold	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 illness	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 illness	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 illness	det
11	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the craze	hold of him			still		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Patient
2	hold			him = he					nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient

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