Test 10 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the…
Looking back: in chapter III the Rat worked out the door-scraper; in chapter V the sardines. What's different this time?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: look back, work out, be · To what, where: door scraper, chapter
This is test 10 · ★★★ 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: Looking back: in chapter III the Rat worked out the door-scraper; in chapter V the sardines.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 worked | advcl |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 chapter | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 chapter | case |
| 5 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl |
| 6 | III | III | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 5 chapter | flat |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Rat | det |
| 8 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 worked | nsubj |
| 9 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 worked | compound:prt |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 scraper | det |
| 12 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 scraper | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 door | punct |
| 14 | scraper | scraper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 worked | obj |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 chapter | punct |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 chapter | case |
| 17 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 worked | obl |
| 18 | V | v | ADP | _ | 20 sardines | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 sardines | det |
| 20 | sardines | sardine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 chapter | nmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 worked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | the Rat not said here | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme | ||||
| 2 | work out | past | the Rat | the door scraper | chapter v the sardines | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scraper=Topic |
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's different this time?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 different | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 different | cop |
| 3 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 time | det |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 different | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 different | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | time | different property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing changes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 changes | nsubj |
| 2 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present | Nothing | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Now the Mole is tricked again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 tricked | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Mole | det |
| 3 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tricked | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 tricked | aux:pass |
| 5 | tricked | trick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 tricked | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trick | present · passive | the Mole | now; again | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
Toad is caught
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 caught | aux:pass |
| 3 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | present · passive | Toad | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Now the clever Rat is fooled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 fooled | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Rat | det |
| 3 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Rat | amod |
| 4 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 fooled | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fooled | aux:pass |
| 6 | fooled | fool | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fool | present · passive | the clever Rat | now | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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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