Test 2 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 4: Mr. Toad (the…

Is this TRUE or FALSE? «Toad planned to steal the car from the moment he heard it.»

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: this, Toad · What happens: be, plan, steal, hear · To what, where: car

This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 48 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 4: Mr. Toad (the car in the inn-yard, twenty years, and the deepest dungeon)» 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: Is this TRUE or FALSE?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 TRUE	cop
2	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 TRUE	nsubj
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 FALSE	cc
5	FALSE	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 TRUE	conj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 TRUE	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	this					true property	tree rules
2	be		this not said here						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: «Toad planned to steal the car from the moment he heard it.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 planned	punct
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 planned	nsubj
3	planned	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 steal	mark
5	steal	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 planned	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 car	det
7	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 steal	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 moment	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 moment	det
10	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 steal	obl
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 heard	nsubj
12	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 moment	acl:relcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 heard	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 planned	punct
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 planned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	plan in a quote	past	Toad			vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	steal not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	Toad not said here	the car	moment	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location car=Theme
3	hear in a quote	past	Toad	car		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

False: he told himself he'd «only just look», then the craze took over

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 told	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 told	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 told	iobj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 look	nsubj
7	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 look	aux
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 look	punct
9	only	only	ADV	_	11 look	advmod
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 look	advmod
11	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	ccomp
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 look	punct
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 took	punct
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 took	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 craze	det
16	craze	craze	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 took	nsubj
17	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	conj
18	over	over	ADP	_	17 took	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	he	himself = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient clause=Topic
2	look in a quote	would	he			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	take over	past	the craze		then	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

False: he meant to borrow the car politely, then got carried away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 meant	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 meant	nsubj
4	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 False	parataxis
5	to	to	PART	_	6 borrow	mark
6	borrow	borrow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 meant	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 car	det
8	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 borrow	obj
9	politely	politely	ADV	_	6 borrow	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 carried	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 carried	advmod
12	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 carried	aux:pass
13	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 meant	conj
14	away	away	ADV	_	13 carried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	mean	past	he				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	borrow not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	the car		politely property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme
3	carry away	past · passive	he not said here		then	away property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»

Option 3

False: he told himself he would only just look at the car, but then the craze took over him completely and he could not stop himself

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 told	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 told	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 told	iobj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 look	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 look	aux
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 look	advmod
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 look	advmod
10	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	ccomp
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 car	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 car	det
13	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 look	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 took	punct
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	19 took	cc
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 took	advmod
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 craze	det
18	craze	craze	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 took	nsubj
19	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	conj
20	over	over	ADP	_	21 him	case
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 took	obl
22	completely	completely	ADV	_	19 took	advmod
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 stop	cc
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 stop	nsubj
25	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 stop	aux
26	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	27 stop	advmod
27	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 took	conj
28	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	27 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	he		himself = he			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient clause=Topic
2	look	would	he				at the car	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at car=Theme
3	take	past	the craze			then	over him = he; completely property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	not stop	could	craze	craze				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector himself=Eventuality

Option 4

False: he planned only to look at the car in the yard, not to take it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 planned	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 planned	nsubj
4	planned	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 False	parataxis
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 look	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 look	mark
7	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 planned	xcomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 car	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 car	det
10	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 look	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 yard	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 yard	det
13	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 look	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 take	punct
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 take	advmod
16	to	to	PART	_	17 take	mark
17	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 look	conj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	plan	past	he			vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	look not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here		in the yard; at the car	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at car=Theme
3	not take	to-infinitive	he not said here	yard		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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