Test 3 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at…
What does the Mole's choice to search tonight show about him now?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: tonight · What happens: do, search, show · To what, where: choice
This is test 3 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 does | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Mole | det |
| 4 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 choice | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Mole | case |
| 6 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 search | mark |
| 8 | search | search | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 choice | acl |
| 9 | tonight | tonight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 show | nsubj |
| 10 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 search | ccomp |
| 11 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 him | case |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 show | obl |
| 13 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 search | advmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | the Mole's choice | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent choice=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | search | to-infinitive | the Mole's choice not said here | now | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | show | present | tonight | about him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent about he=Topic |
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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He cannot rest while a friend is in trouble
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 rest | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 rest | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 rest | advmod |
| 4 | rest | rest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 10 trouble | mark |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 friend | det |
| 7 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 trouble | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 trouble | cop |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 trouble | case |
| 10 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rest | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not rest | can | He | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | a friend | trouble | tree rules |
Option 2
He has become quite a hero at last
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 become | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 become | aux |
| 3 | become | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | quite | quite | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 hero | det:predet |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 hero | det |
| 6 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 become | xcomp |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 last | case |
| 8 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hero | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present · perfect | He | quite hero at last | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
He has learnt to put his friends before his comfort, and he is ready to go out at once
The tree, 19 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 | 3 learnt | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 learnt | aux |
| 3 | learnt | learn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 put | mark |
| 5 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 learnt | xcomp |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 friends | nmod:poss |
| 7 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 put | obj |
| 8 | before | before | ADP | _ | 10 comfort | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 comfort | nmod:poss |
| 10 | comfort | comfort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 ready | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 ready | cc |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 ready | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 ready | cop |
| 15 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 learnt | advcl |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 go | mark |
| 17 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 ready | xcomp |
| 18 | out | out | ADV | _ | 17 go | advmod |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 once | case |
| 20 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 17 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present · perfect | He | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | put | to-infinitive | He not said here | his friends | his comfort | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent friend=Theme before comfort=Destination | |||
| 3 | is | present | he | ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | go out | to-infinitive | he not said here | out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | comfort | his = he | nom comfort «state transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
He loves the river more than his bed
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 loves | nsubj |
| 2 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 river | det |
| 4 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 loves | obj |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 loves | advmod |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 bed | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 bed | nmod:poss |
| 8 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 more | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | He | the river | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer river=Stimulus |
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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