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Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 4: Mr. Toad (the…

«Even if you only believe one-tenth part of what you heard, and I never believe more myself.» What does this say about the Clerk?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, I, this · What happens: believe, hear, not believe, say · To what, where: one tenth part, more · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: «Even if you only believe one-tenth part of what you heard, and I never believe more myself.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 believe	punct
2	Even	even	ADV	_	6 believe	advmod
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 believe	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 believe	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 believe	advmod
6	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 part	nummod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 one	punct
9	tenth	tenth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 part	amod
10	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 believe	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 what	case
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 part	nmod
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 heard	nsubj
14	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 what	acl:relcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 believe	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 believe	cc
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 believe	nsubj
18	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	19 believe	advmod
19	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 believe	conj
20	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	19 believe	obj
21	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	20 more	obl:unmarked
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 believe	punct
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 believe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe in a quote	present	you	one tenth part					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer part=Stimulus
2	hear in a quote	past	you						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
3	not believe in a quote	present	I	more					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus

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 does this say about the Clerk?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 Clerk	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Clerk	det
7	Clerk	Clerk	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 say	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	this					about the Clerk	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He is a kind old man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 man	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 man	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	a kind old man					tree rules

Option 2

He is very honest and fair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 honest	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 honest	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 honest	advmod
4	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 fair	cc
6	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 honest	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					honest property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here						tree rules

Option 3

He says he believes little of the evidence, so he is fair to all

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 believes	nsubj
4	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 believes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 evidence	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 evidence	det
8	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 little	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fair	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 fair	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fair	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 fair	cop
13	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 fair	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	believe	present	he	little of the evidence					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer little=Stimulus
3	is	present	he					to all; fair property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He admits he doesn't believe most evidence — yet gives twenty years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 admits	nsubj
2	admits	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 believe	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 believe	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 believe	advmod
6	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 admits	ccomp
7	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 evidence	amod
8	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 believe	obj
9	—	-	PUNCT	_	11 gives	punct
10	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	11 gives	cc
11	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 admits	conj
12	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 years	nummod
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 gives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	present	He						vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not believe	present · do-support	he	most evidence					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer evidence=Stimulus
3	give	present	He not said here				year		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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