Test 16 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the…

★★★ «He did it awfully well.» — «He did you awfully well!» What changes the meaning?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ · What happens: do, change · To what, where: it, you, meaning

This is test 16 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ «He did it awfully well.» — «He did you awfully well!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 did	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 did	punct
5	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 did	nsubj
6	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 did	obj
8	awfully	awfully	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	6 did	advmod
9	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 awfully	fixed
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 did	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 did	punct
12	—	-	PUNCT	_	15 did	punct
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 did	punct
14	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 did	nsubj
15	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 did	conj
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 did	obj
17	awfully	awfully	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	15 did	advmod
18	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 awfully	fixed
19	!	!	PUNCT	_	15 did	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do in a quote	past	★	it				awfully property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
2	do in a quote	past	★	you				awfully property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Eventuality

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 changes the meaning?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 changes	nsubj
2	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 meaning	det
4	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changes	obj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 changes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present		the meaning					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient

The options

Option 1

Adding «you» makes it a question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adding	add	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 makes	csubj
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 you	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	1 Adding	ccomp
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 you	punct
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 makes	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 question	det
8	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	gerund							vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	make	present	Adding	it					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary question=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Adding «you» turns «did it» (acted) into «did you» (tricked you), so the Rat is the one fooled by Toad's act

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adding	add	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 turns	csubj
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 you	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	1 Adding	ccomp
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 you	punct
5	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 did	punct
7	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 turns	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 did	obj
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 did	punct
10	(	(	PUNCT	_	11 acted	punct
11	acted	act	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 turns	parataxis
12	)	)	PUNCT	_	11 acted	punct
13	into	into	SCONJ	_	15 did	mark
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 did	punct
15	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 acted	advcl
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 did	obj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 did	punct
18	(	(	PUNCT	_	19 tricked	punct
19	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 did	conj
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	19 tricked	obj
21	)	)	PUNCT	_	19 tricked	punct
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 one	punct
23	so	so	ADV	_	28 one	advmod
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 Rat	det
25	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 one	nsubj
26	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 one	cop
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 one	det
28	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turns	conj
29	fooled	fool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 one	acl
30	by	by	ADP	_	33 act	case
31	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 act	nmod:poss
32	's	's	PART	_	31 Toad	case
33	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 fooled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	gerund				vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	turn	present	Adding			tree rules
3	do in a quote	past	Adding not said here	it		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
4	act	participle				vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	do in a quote	past		you		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Eventuality
6	trick	past		you		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient
7	is a	present	the Rat	the one		tree rules
8	fool	participle		the one not said here	by Toad's act	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
9	act		Toad			nom act «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Adding «you» turns «did it» (acted) into «did you» (tricked you)

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Adding	add	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 turns	csubj
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 you	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	1 Adding	ccomp
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 you	punct
5	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 did	punct
7	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 turns	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 did	obj
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 did	punct
10	(	(	PUNCT	_	11 acted	punct
11	acted	act	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 turns	parataxis
12	)	)	PUNCT	_	11 acted	punct
13	into	into	SCONJ	_	15 did	mark
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 did	punct
15	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 acted	advcl
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 did	obj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 acted	punct
18	(	(	PUNCT	_	19 tricked	punct
19	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 turns	parataxis
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	19 tricked	obj
21	)	)	PUNCT	_	19 tricked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	add speech: assert	gerund			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	turn	present	Adding		tree rules
3	do in a quote	past	Adding not said here	it	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
4	act	participle			vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	do in a quote	past		you	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Eventuality
6	trick	past		you	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient

Option 4

It changes from praise to a question about you

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	2 changes	nsubj
2	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 praise	case
4	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changes	obl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 question	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 question	det
7	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changes	obl
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 you	case
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 question	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	It			praise		to a question about you result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.material PP.result»: agent=Agent from praise=Initial_State to question=Result

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