Test 16 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'…
★★★ «Converted—for the time being—to any point of view.» Which phrase warns us the change won't last?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase, change · What happens: be, warn, not last · To what, where: us · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 16 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ «Converted—for the time being—to any point of view.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Converted | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 Converted | punct |
| 5 | Converted | converted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 point | punct |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 time | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 point | obl |
| 10 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 point | cop |
| 11 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 point | punct |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 point | case |
| 13 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 14 point | det |
| 14 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Converted | conj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 view | case |
| 16 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 point | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 Converted | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 Converted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | gerund | time | to any point; of view | 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: Which phrase warns us the change won't last?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 phrase | det |
| 2 | phrase | phrase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 warns | nsubj |
| 3 | warns | warn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 warns | obj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 change | det |
| 6 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 last | nsubj |
| 7 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 last | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 last | advmod |
| 9 | last | last | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 warns | ccomp |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 warns | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | warn speech: warn | present | which phrase | us | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not last | future | the change | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
«for the time being»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 time | punct |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 time | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 time | det |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 » | cop |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 time | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
in the end, at last
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 end | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 end | det |
| 3 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 end | punct |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 last | case |
| 6 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 end | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Converted—for the time being—to any point of view
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Converted | converted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 point | punct |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 time | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 time | det |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 point | obl |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 point | cop |
| 7 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 point | punct |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 point | case |
| 9 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 point | det |
| 10 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Converted | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 view | case |
| 12 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 point | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | time | to any point; of view | tree rules |
Option 4
the change won't last, as shown by the words for the time being in this line
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 change | det |
| 2 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 last | nsubj |
| 3 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 last | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 last | advmod |
| 5 | last | last | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 shown | punct |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 shown | mark |
| 8 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 last | xcomp |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 words | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 words | det |
| 11 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 shown | obl |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 time | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 time | det |
| 14 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shown | obl |
| 15 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 shown | parataxis |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 line | case |
| 17 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 line | det |
| 18 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 being | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not last | future | the change | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | show | participle | the change not said here | time | by the words | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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