Test 1 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the…
Leah: «the Rat sussed Toad out straight away.» (sussed out = saw through) Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leah, you · What happens: sus out, see through, put · To what, where: Toad, Rat
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 47 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the doctor, the lawyer, and the rope of sheets)» 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: Leah: «the Rat sussed Toad out straight away.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leah | Leah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 sussed | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Leah | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 sussed | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Rat | det |
| 5 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 sussed | nsubj |
| 6 | sussed | sus | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 sussed | obj |
| 8 | out | out | ADV | _ | 6 sussed | advmod |
| 9 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 10 away | advmod |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 sussed | advmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 sussed | punct |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 sussed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sus out in a quote | past | Leah | Toad | away, out 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: (sussed out = saw through) Put it right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 sussed | punct |
| 2 | sussed | sus | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 Put | advcl |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 sussed | compound:prt |
| 4 | = | = | SYM | _ | 5 saw | punct |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 sussed | conj |
| 6 | through | through | ADV | _ | 5 saw | advmod |
| 7 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 sussed | punct |
| 8 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 Put | obj |
| 10 | right | right | ADV | _ | 8 Put | advmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sus out | participle | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | see through | past | you not said here | through property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | put | imperative | you not said here | Rat | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1
He was fooled, and ran straight off for the doctor and the lawyer, leaving Toad alone
The tree, 16 words
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 | 3 fooled | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fooled | aux:pass |
| 3 | fooled | fool | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 ran | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 ran | cc |
| 6 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fooled | conj |
| 7 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 8 off | advmod |
| 8 | off | off | ADV | _ | 6 ran | advmod |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 doctor | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 doctor | det |
| 11 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ran | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 lawyer | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 lawyer | det |
| 14 | lawyer | lawyer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 doctor | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 leaving | punct |
| 16 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 ran | advcl |
| 17 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 leaving | obj |
| 18 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 16 leaving | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fool | past · passive | He | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | run | past | for the doctor and the lawyer; off property | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for doctor=Beneficiary | |||||
| 3 | leave | gerund | Toad | alone property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The Rat saw through Toad at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Rat | det |
| 2 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | through | through | ADP | _ | 5 Toad | case |
| 5 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | obl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 once | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 saw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the Rat | through Toad | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
The Rat spotted the trick quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Rat | det |
| 2 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 spotted | nsubj |
| 3 | spotted | spot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 trick | det |
| 5 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spotted | obj |
| 6 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 3 spotted | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spot | past | the Rat | the trick | quickly property | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent trick=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He was fooled, and ran for the doctor and lawyer
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 | 3 fooled | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fooled | aux:pass |
| 3 | fooled | fool | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 ran | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 ran | cc |
| 6 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fooled | conj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 doctor | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 doctor | det |
| 9 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ran | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 lawyer | cc |
| 11 | lawyer | lawyer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 doctor | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fool | past · passive | He | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | run | past | for the doctor and lawyer | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for doctor=Beneficiary |
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