Test 15 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the…
★★★ «When Toad's quiet and submissive … then he's at his artfullest.» Which of Toad's words that morning best fits «submissive»?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, Toad, that · What happens: be, fit, word
This is test 15 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ «When Toad's quiet and submissive … then he's at his artfullest.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 quiet | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 quiet | punct |
| 5 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 quiet | advmod |
| 6 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 quiet | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 quiet | cop |
| 8 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 submissive | cc |
| 10 | submissive | submissive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 quiet | conj |
| 11 | … | … | PUNCT | _ | 17 artfullest | punct |
| 12 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 artfullest | advmod |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 artfullest | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 artfullest | cop |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 artfullest | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 artfullest | nmod:poss |
| 17 | artfullest | artfull | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 quiet | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 quiet | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 quiet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | ★ | quiet property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be in a quote | ★ not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Toad | then | artfull 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: Which of Toad's words that morning best fits «submissive»?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 words | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 words | case |
| 3 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 words | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Toad | case |
| 5 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 fits | nsubj |
| 7 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fits | compound |
| 8 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 fits | amod |
| 9 | fits | fit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 words | nmod |
| 10 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 submissive | punct |
| 11 | submissive | submissive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 fits | parataxis |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 submissive | punct |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 words | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fit | that | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | word | Toad | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
«Don't bother, please, dear Rat»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 bother | punct |
| 2 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 bother | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 bother | advmod |
| 4 | bother | bother | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bother | punct |
| 6 | please | please | INTJ | _ | 4 bother | discourse |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Rat | punct |
| 8 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Rat | amod |
| 9 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 bother | vocative |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 bother | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not bother in a quote | imperative · do-support | you not said here | dear Rat vocative | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
«Please do not trouble yourself so»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 do | punct |
| 2 | Please | please | INTJ | _ | 3 do | discourse |
| 3 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 trouble | advmod |
| 5 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 do | obl |
| 6 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 do | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 3 do | advmod |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in a quote | imperative | you not said here | trouble | yourself obl:unmarked | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
«I'm not worth all this trouble»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 worth | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 worth | nsubj |
| 3 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 worth | cop |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 worth | advmod |
| 5 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 trouble | det |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 trouble | det |
| 8 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 worth | obj |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 worth | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is in a quote | present | I | worth property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
«I hate being a burden to my friends»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 hate | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 hate | nsubj |
| 3 | hate | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 burden | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 burden | det |
| 6 | burden | burden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hate | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 friends | case |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 friends | nmod:poss |
| 9 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hate | obl |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 hate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate in a quote | present | I | to my friends | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is a not said to happen, in a quote | gerund | I not said here | a burden | tree rules |
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