Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the…
Toad says, «Noticing things is only a trouble.» Why does he say it?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Toad, Noticing · What happens: say, notice, be · To what, where: things, trouble · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: Toad says, «Noticing things is only a trouble.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 trouble | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 trouble | punct |
| 5 | Noticing | notice | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 trouble | csubj |
| 6 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 Noticing | obj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 trouble | cop |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 trouble | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 trouble | det |
| 10 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 trouble | punct |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 trouble | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Toad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | notice in a quote | gerund | things | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | Noticing | a trouble | 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: Why does he say it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 say | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 say | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | Toad | trouble | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
The options
Option 1
To make the Rat feel guilty too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 make | mark |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 feel | advcl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Rat | det |
| 4 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obj |
| 5 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | guilty | guilty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 feel | xcomp |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 feel | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | you not said here | the Rat | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rat=Product | ||||
| 2 | feel | imperative | you not said here | guilty property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
To blame the Rat for his own illness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 blame | mark |
| 2 | blame | blame | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Rat | det |
| 4 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 blame | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 illness | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 illness | nmod:poss |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 illness | amod |
| 8 | illness | illness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 blame | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | to-infinitive | the Rat | for his own illness | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent rat=Theme for illness=Attribute |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
To make the Rat feel bad for not noticing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 make | mark |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Rat | det |
| 4 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obj |
| 5 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 make | xcomp |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 feel | xcomp |
| 7 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 9 noticing | mark |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 noticing | advmod |
| 9 | noticing | notice | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 bad | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | the Rat | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | feel | infinitive | the Rat not said here | bad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | not notice | gerund | the Rat not said here | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
To make the Rat feel bad for not noticing, while he himself keeps the clever plan hidden
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 make | mark |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Rat | det |
| 4 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obj |
| 5 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 make | xcomp |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 feel | xcomp |
| 7 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 9 noticing | mark |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 noticing | advmod |
| 9 | noticing | notice | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 bad | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 keeps | punct |
| 11 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 14 keeps | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 keeps | nsubj |
| 13 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 12 he | nmod:unmarked |
| 14 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 make | advcl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 plan | det |
| 16 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 plan | amod |
| 17 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 keeps | obj |
| 18 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 plan | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | the Rat | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | feel | infinitive | the Rat not said here | bad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | not notice | gerund | the Rat not said here | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | keep | present | he | the clever plan | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Theme | ||||
| 5 | hide | participle | the clever plan not said here | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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