Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'…

«Being ordered about by female nurses.» What do we say about this old idea today?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: female nurses, we · What happens: order about, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: «Being ordered about by female nurses.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 ordered	punct
2	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 ordered	aux:pass
3	ordered	order	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	3 ordered	obl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 nurses	case
6	female	female	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 nurses	amod
7	nurses	nurse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ordered	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ordered	punct
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 ordered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order about in a quote	gerund · passive	female nurses						vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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 do we say about this old idea today?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	8 idea	case
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 idea	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 idea	amod
8	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obl
9	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obl:unmarked
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	we				today	about this old idea	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

It's wrong to think being helped by women is shameful; nurses are men or women

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wrong	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 think	mark
5	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wrong	csubj
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 helped	aux:pass
7	helped	help	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 shameful	csubj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 women	case
9	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 helped	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 shameful	cop
11	shameful	shameful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 think	parataxis
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 men	punct
13	nurses	nurse	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 men	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 men	cop
15	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wrong	obl
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 women	cc
17	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 men	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		wrong property	tree rules
2	think speech: other	to-infinitive				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	help	gerund · passive	women			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	is	present			shameful property	tree rules
5	is a	present	nurses	men or women		tree rules

Option 2

Nurses should always be women, and men should not take help from them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nurses	nurse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 women	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 women	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 women	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 women	cop
5	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 take	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 take	cc
8	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 take	nsubj
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 take	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 take	advmod
11	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 women	acl:relcl
12	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 take	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 them	case
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	should	Nurses	women				always property	tree rules
2	not take	should	men	help				from Nurses = nurse	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent help=Theme from they=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It's wrong to think being helped by women is shameful, since nurses can be men or women and both are good

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wrong	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 think	mark
5	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wrong	csubj
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 helped	aux:pass
7	helped	help	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 shameful	csubj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 women	case
9	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 helped	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 shameful	cop
11	shameful	shameful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 think	parataxis
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 men	punct
13	since	since	ADP	_	17 men	case
14	nurses	nurse	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 men	nsubj
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 men	aux
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 men	cop
17	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 think	obl
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 women	cc
19	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 men	conj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 good	cc
21	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	23 good	nsubj
22	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 good	cop
23	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 men	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		wrong property	tree rules
2	think speech: other	to-infinitive				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	help	gerund · passive	women			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	is	present			shameful property	tree rules
5	is	can	nurses	since men or women		tree rules
6	is	present	both		good property	tree rules

Option 4

It's a silly idea, since anyone can be a nurse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 idea	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 idea	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 idea	det
4	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 idea	amod
5	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 nurse	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	12 nurse	mark
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 nurse	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 nurse	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 nurse	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 nurse	det
12	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 idea	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a silly idea and a nurse					tree rules
2	is a	can	anyone	a nurse					tree rules

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