Test 5 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at…

Kirsty from Glasgow: «the wee otter's dad sits on the bridge every night.» (wee = little) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kirsty, wee · What happens: sit, put · To what, where: bridge

This is test 5 · ★ 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: Kirsty from Glasgow: «the wee otter's dad sits on the bridge every night.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kirsty	Kirsty	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 sits	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Glasgow	case
3	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Kirsty	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 sits	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 sits	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 otter	det
7	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 otter	amod
8	otter	otter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dad	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 otter	case
10	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sits	nsubj
11	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 bridge	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bridge	det
14	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sits	obl
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 night	det
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sits	obl:unmarked
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 sits	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 sits	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit in a quote	present	Kirsty from Glasgow			the bridge	night		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bridge=Location

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: (wee = little) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 Put	punct
2	wee	wee	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Put	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 little	punct
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wee	appos
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 little	punct
6	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	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	infinitive	wee	bridge				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1

He sits on the bank by the bridge, each evening after dusk

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 sits	nsubj
2	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 bank	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bank	det
5	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sits	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 bridge	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bridge	det
8	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sits	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 evening	punct
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 evening	det
11	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bridge	conj
12	after	after	ADP	_	13 dusk	case
13	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present	He			the bank	dusk	by the bridge and each evening	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bank=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He watches by the old ford, used before the bridge was built

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 watches	nsubj
2	watches	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	6 ford	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ford	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ford	amod
6	ford	ford	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 watches	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 used	punct
8	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 ford	acl
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 built	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bridge	det
11	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 built	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 built	aux:pass
13	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 used	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	watch	present	He		by the old ford	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by ford=Location
2	use	participle		the old ford not said here		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	build	past · passive		the bridge		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 3

He waits by the old ford, where the water runs shallow

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 waits	nsubj
2	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	6 ford	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ford	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ford	amod
6	ford	ford	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waits	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 runs	punct
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 runs	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 runs	nsubj
11	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 waits	conj
12	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 runs	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	present	He					by the old ford	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by ford=Location
2	run	present	the water					shallow property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He sits on the bridge every night, watching the water from the high parapet until dawn breaks

The tree, 17 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 sits	nsubj
2	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 bridge	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bridge	det
5	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sits	obl
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 night	det
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sits	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 watching	punct
9	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sits	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 water	det
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 watching	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	15 parapet	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 parapet	det
14	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 parapet	amod
15	parapet	parapet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 watching	obl
16	until	until	SCONJ	_	18 breaks	mark
17	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 breaks	nsubj
18	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 watching	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	sit	present	He		the bridge	night	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bridge=Location
2	watch	gerund	He not said here	the water	the high parapet		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
3	break	present	dawn				vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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