Test 8 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at…
Mia from Perth: «they looked heaps of places, hedges and trees and ditches, yeah?» (heaps = lots) Is she right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mia · What happens: look, be · To what, where: heaps
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Mia from Perth: «they looked heaps of places, hedges and trees and ditches, yeah?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 looked | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Perth | case |
| 3 | Perth | Perth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Mia | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mia | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 looked | punct |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 looked | nsubj |
| 7 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | heaps | heap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 looked | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 places | case |
| 10 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 heaps | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 hedges | punct |
| 12 | hedges | hedge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 places | conj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 trees | cc |
| 14 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 hedges | conj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 ditches | cc |
| 16 | ditches | ditch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 hedges | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 yeah | punct |
| 18 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 looked | discourse |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 looked | punct |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 looked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look in a quote | past | Mia from Perth | heaps of places and hedges and trees and ditches | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme heap=Attribute |
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: (heaps = lots) Is she right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 heaps | punct |
| 2 | heaps | heap | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | = | = | SYM | _ | 4 lots | punct |
| 4 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 heaps | conj |
| 5 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 4 lots | punct |
| 6 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 right | cop |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 right | nsubj |
| 8 | right | right | ADV | _ | 2 heaps | conj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 heaps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Mia | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes: hedges, hollow trees, runnels and ditches
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 hedges | discourse |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 hedges | punct |
| 3 | hedges | hedge | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 trees | punct |
| 5 | hollow | hollow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 trees | amod |
| 6 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hedges | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 runnels | punct |
| 8 | runnels | runnel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hedges | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 ditches | cc |
| 10 | ditches | ditch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hedges | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Yes: hedges, hollow trees, and the bridge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 hedges | discourse |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | hedges | hedge | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 trees | punct |
| 5 | hollow | hollow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 trees | amod |
| 6 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hedges | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bridge | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 bridge | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bridge | det |
| 10 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hedges | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
No: they searched the hedges and the bridge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 searched | det |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 searched | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 searched | nsubj |
| 4 | searched | search | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hedges | det |
| 6 | hedges | hedge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 searched | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 bridge | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bridge | det |
| 9 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hedges | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | search | past | they | the hedges and the bridge | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent hedge=Location |
Option 4
No: they looked in hedges, hollow trees, runnels, ditches and the old mill, not the bridge
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 looked | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 looked | nsubj |
| 4 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 No | conj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 hedges | case |
| 6 | hedges | hedge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 looked | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 trees | punct |
| 8 | hollow | hollow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 trees | amod |
| 9 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hedges | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 runnels | punct |
| 11 | runnels | runnel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hedges | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 ditches | punct |
| 13 | ditches | ditch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hedges | conj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 mill | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 mill | det |
| 16 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 mill | amod |
| 17 | mill | mill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hedges | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 bridge | punct |
| 19 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 bridge | advmod |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 bridge | det |
| 21 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 looked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | they | the bridge | in hedges and hollow trees and runnels and ditches and the old mill | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in hedge=Theme |
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