Test 4 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at…

Which is TRUE so far?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 TRUE	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 TRUE	cop
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 far	advmod
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 TRUE	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 TRUE	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						far, true property	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Otter is the one who asks them to search

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 one	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 one	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 one	det
4	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 asks	nsubj
6	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 one	acl:relcl
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 asks	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 search	mark
9	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 asks	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	present	Otter	the one		tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	present	the one		them = they	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
3	search not said to happen	to-infinitive	the one not said here			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The Rat is the one who wants to search

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 one	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 one	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 one	det
5	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 wants	nsubj
7	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 one	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 search	mark
9	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wants	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	the Rat	the one	tree rules
2	want	present	the one		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	search not said to happen	to-infinitive	the one not said here		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Mole is the one who says they must go and search

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mole	det
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 one	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 one	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 one	det
5	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 says	nsubj
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 one	acl:relcl
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 go	nsubj
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 go	aux
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 says	ccomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 search	cc
12	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 go	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	the Mole	the one	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	the one		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	go	must	they		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	search	infinitive	they not said here		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The Mole says they must search tomorrow morning at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mole	det
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 search	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 search	aux
6	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
7	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 morning	compound
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 search	obl:unmarked
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 dawn	case
10	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 search	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the Mole						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	search	must	they				dawn; morning		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

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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