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

«Cheeking the police undoubtedly carries the severest penalty; and so it ought.» What's the writer mocking?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Cheeking, writer · What happens: cheek, carry, mock · To what, where: police, severest penalty · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★★ 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: «Cheeking the police undoubtedly carries the severest penalty; and so it ought.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Cheeking	punct
2	Cheeking	cheek	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 carries	csubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 police	det
4	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Cheeking	obj
5	undoubtedly	undoubtedly	ADV	_	2 Cheeking	advmod
6	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 penalty	det
8	severest	severe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 penalty	amod
9	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carries	obj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 ought	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 ought	cc
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 ought	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 ought	nsubj
14	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 carries	parataxis
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 carries	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 carries	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheek in a quote	gerund		the police				undoubtedly property	tree rules
2	carry in a quote	present	Cheeking	the severest penalty					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penalty=Theme

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's the writer mocking?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 mocking	obj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mocking	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 writer	det
4	writer	writer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mocking	nsubj
5	mocking	mock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 mocking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mock	present · progressive	the writer						vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme

The options

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

Officials who punish cheek to themselves more than real harm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Officials	official	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 punish	nsubj
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 punish	nsubj
3	punish	punish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 punish	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 themselves	case
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 punish	obl
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 punish	advmod
8	than	than	ADP	_	10 harm	case
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 harm	amod
10	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 punish	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	present	Officials	cheek	Officials = official			than real harm	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheek=Patient

Option 2

Officials who punish cheek to themselves more than real harm, and who also overlook the dreadful cruelties of the wicked gaolers

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Officials	official	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 punish	nsubj
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 punish	nsubj
3	punish	punish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 punish	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 themselves	case
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 punish	obl
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 punish	advmod
8	than	than	ADP	_	10 harm	case
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 harm	amod
10	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 more	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 overlook	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 overlook	cc
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 overlook	nsubj
14	also	also	ADV	_	15 overlook	advmod
15	overlook	overlook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 punish	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 cruelties	det
17	dreadful	dreadful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 cruelties	amod
18	cruelties	cruelty	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 overlook	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	22 gaolers	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 gaolers	det
21	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 gaolers	amod
22	gaolers	gaoler	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 cruelties	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	present	Officials	cheek	Officials = official				vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheek=Patient
2	overlook	present		the dreadful cruelties of the wicked gaolers					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cruelty=Theme

Option 3

Officials who take cheek to police more seriously than theft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Officials	official	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 take	nsubj
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 take	nsubj
3	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 police	case
6	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 take	obl
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 seriously	advmod
8	seriously	seriously	ADV	_	3 take	advmod
9	than	than	ADP	_	10 theft	case
10	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 seriously	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	Officials	cheek		police		seriously property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cheek=Theme to police=Destination

Option 4

Magistrates who make very long speeches about cheek to the police, rather than about the car that was truly stolen by Toad

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Magistrates	magistrate	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	nsubj
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 make	nsubj
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 long	advmod
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 speeches	amod
6	speeches	speech	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 cheek	case
8	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 speeches	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 police	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 police	det
11	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 car	punct
13	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	17 car	cc
14	than	than	ADP	_	13 rather	fixed
15	about	about	ADP	_	17 car	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 car	det
17	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	conj
18	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 stolen	nsubj:pass
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 stolen	aux:pass
20	truly	truly	ADV	_	21 stolen	advmod
21	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 car	acl:relcl
22	by	by	ADP	_	23 Toad	case
23	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 stolen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Magistrates	long speeches				about cheek; to the police	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset speech=Product
2	steal	past · passive	Toad	the car				truly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme

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