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

Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Rat expected Toad to keep his promise.»

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: this, Rat, Toad · What happens: be, expect, keep, promise · To what, where: Toad, promise

This is test 2 · ★★★ 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: 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: «The Rat expected Toad to keep his promise.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 expected	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Rat	det
3	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 expected	nsubj
4	expected	expect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 expected	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 keep	mark
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 expected	xcomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 promise	nmod:poss
9	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 expected	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 expected	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	expect in a quote	past	the Rat	Toad	tree rules
2	keep not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	Toad not said here	Rat's promise	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme
3	promise in a quote		Rat		nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1

True: the Rat trusted Toad from the start, and saw nothing but honest sincerity

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Rat	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 trusted	nsubj
5	trusted	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 trusted	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 start	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 start	det
9	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trusted	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 saw	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 saw	cc
12	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 trusted	conj
13	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 saw	obj
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 sincerity	cc
15	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 sincerity	amod
16	sincerity	sincerity	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 nothing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	past	the True Rat	Toad		the start			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Theme
2	see	past	the True Rat not said here	nothing					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus

Option 2

False: the Rat doubted it from the start but kept quiet about his doubts to the Badger and Mole

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Rat	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 False	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 doubted	nsubj
5	doubted	doubt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 doubted	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 start	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 start	det
9	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 doubted	obl
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 kept	cc
11	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 doubted	conj
12	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 kept	xcomp
13	about	about	ADP	_	15 doubts	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 doubts	nmod:poss
15	doubts	doubt	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 kept	obl
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 Badger	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Badger	det
18	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 kept	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 Mole	cc
20	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Badger	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	doubt	past	the False Rat	it	the start		vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	keep	past	the False Rat not said here			about Rat's doubts; to the Badger and Mole; quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent about doubt=Location
3	doubt		Rat				nom doubt «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

True: he expected Toad to keep it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 expected	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 expected	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 expected	nsubj
4	expected	expect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 expected	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 keep	mark
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 expected	xcomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expect	past	he	Toad					tree rules
2	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	Toad not said here	it					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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

False: he doubted it from the start and saw a twinkle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 :	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 doubted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 doubted	nsubj
4	doubted	doubt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 doubted	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 start	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 start	det
8	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 doubted	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 saw	cc
10	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 doubted	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 twinkle	det
12	twinkle	twinkle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	doubt	past	he	it		the start			vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	see	past	he not said here	a twinkle					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer twinkle=Stimulus

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