Test 1 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at…
Jaz: «Portly's always wandering off, bruv, nothing to stress about this time either.» (bruv = mate) Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jaz, you · What happens: wonder off, stress, put · To what, where: bruv
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 49 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Portly is missing)» 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: Jaz: «Portly's always wandering off, bruv, nothing to stress about this time either.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaz | Jaz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 wandering | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jaz | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 wandering | punct |
| 4 | Portly | Portly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 wandering | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Portly | case |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 wandering | advmod |
| 7 | wandering | wonder | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 wandering | compound:prt |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bruv | punct |
| 10 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wandering | parataxis |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 nothing | punct |
| 12 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 bruv | conj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 stress | mark |
| 14 | stress | stress | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 nothing | acl |
| 15 | about | about | ADP | _ | 17 time | case |
| 16 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 time | det |
| 17 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 stress | obl |
| 18 | either | either | ADV | PronType=Ind | 14 stress | advmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 wandering | punct |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 wandering | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wonder off speech: ask in a quote | gerund | Jaz | always property | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | stress in a quote | to-infinitive | Jaz not said here | time | either property | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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: (bruv = mate) Put it right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 bruv | punct |
| 2 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Put | obl |
| 3 | = | = | SYM | _ | 4 mate | punct |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bruv | conj |
| 5 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 bruv | punct |
| 6 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 Put | obj |
| 8 | right | right | ADV | _ | 6 Put | advmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | bruv and mate | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Last time he came back, but this time nobody has seen him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 time | amod |
| 2 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 came | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 seen | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 seen | cc |
| 8 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 time | det |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 seen | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 12 seen | nsubj |
| 11 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 seen | aux |
| 12 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 came | advcl |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 seen | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | past | he | time | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | present · perfect | nobody | him = he | time | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 2
He's gone for days
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 | 3 gone | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 gone | cop |
| 3 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 days | case |
| 5 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 gone | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | day | gone property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
This time he's been gone for days and nobody has seen him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 time | det |
| 2 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gone | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gone | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 gone | aux |
| 5 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 gone | aux:pass |
| 6 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 days | case |
| 8 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 gone | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 seen | cc |
| 10 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 12 seen | nsubj |
| 11 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 seen | aux |
| 12 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 gone | conj |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 seen | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present · passive | he | day; time | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | present · perfect | nobody | him = he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 4
Nobody saw him go
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 saw | obj |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 saw | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Nobody | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | him = he not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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