Test 17 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the…
★★★ «Much water, and of how turbid a character, was to run under bridges.» What is the writer telling us?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, writer · What happens: run, be, tell · To what, where: bridges, us · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 17 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ «Much water, and of how turbid a character, was to run under bridges.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 run | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 water | punct |
| 5 | Much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 water | amod |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | appos |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 turbid | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 turbid | cc |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 turbid | case |
| 10 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 turbid | advmod |
| 11 | turbid | turbid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 ★ | parataxis |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 character | det |
| 13 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 turbid | nsubj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 ★ | punct |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 run | aux |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 run | mark |
| 17 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 18 | under | under | ADP | _ | 19 bridges | case |
| 19 | bridges | bridge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 run | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 run | punct |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 run | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run in a quote | past | ★ | bridges | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under bridge=Trajectory |
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 is the writer telling us?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 writer | det |
| 4 | writer | writer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | telling | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 writer | acl |
| 6 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 telling | iobj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the writer | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | gerund | the writer not said here | us | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A lot of troubled time will pass before Toad is home again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 lot | det |
| 2 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pass | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 time | case |
| 4 | troubled | troubled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 time | amod |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lot | nmod |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 pass | aux |
| 7 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 11 home | mark |
| 9 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 home | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 home | cop |
| 11 | home | home | ADV | _ | 7 pass | advcl |
| 12 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 pass | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | future | a lot of troubled time | again | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Toad | home property | tree rules |
Option 2
Toad will soon find his way home again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 find | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 find | aux |
| 3 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 find | advmod |
| 4 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 way | nmod:poss |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 find | obj |
| 7 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 find | advmod |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 find | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | future | Toad | Toad's way | again | home, soon property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |
Option 3
The river will flood before Toad returns home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 river | det |
| 2 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 flood | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 flood | aux |
| 4 | flood | flood | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 7 returns | mark |
| 6 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 returns | nsubj |
| 7 | returns | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 flood | advcl |
| 8 | home | home | ADV | _ | 7 returns | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flood | future | the river | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | return | present | Toad | home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
A lot of troubled time will pass before Toad is home again, after many adventures on the wide water
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 lot | det |
| 2 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pass | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 time | case |
| 4 | troubled | troubled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 time | amod |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lot | nmod |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 pass | aux |
| 7 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 11 home | mark |
| 9 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 home | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 home | cop |
| 11 | home | home | ADV | _ | 7 pass | advcl |
| 12 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 pass | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 adventures | punct |
| 14 | after | after | ADP | _ | 16 adventures | case |
| 15 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 adventures | amod |
| 16 | adventures | adventure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 pass | obl |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 water | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 water | det |
| 19 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 water | amod |
| 20 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 adventures | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | future | a lot of troubled time | after many adventures on the wide water; again | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Toad | home property | tree rules |
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