Test 9 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at…
Looking back: in chapter I, what did the Rat say about his river?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: look back, say · To what, where: chapter · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 chapter | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 chapter | case |
| 5 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 chapter | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 say | punct |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 say | obj |
| 9 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 say | aux |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Rat | det |
| 11 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 say | nsubj |
| 12 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 chapter | acl:relcl |
| 13 | about | about | ADP | _ | 15 river | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 river | nmod:poss |
| 15 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 say | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Looking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past · do-support | the Rat | chapter | about Rat's river | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=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
«It's my world, and I don't want any other»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 world | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 world | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 world | cop |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 world | nmod:poss |
| 5 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 want | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 want | cc |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 want | nsubj |
| 9 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 want | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 want | advmod |
| 11 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 world | conj |
| 12 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 other | det |
| 13 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 want | obj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 world | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | It | my world | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not want in a quote | present · do-support | I | any other | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot other=Theme |
Option 2
It is all I need, and I want nothing more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 need | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 need | cop |
| 3 | all | all | ADV | _ | 5 need | advmod |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 need | nsubj |
| 5 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 want | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 want | cc |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 want | nsubj |
| 9 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 need | advcl |
| 10 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 want | obj |
| 11 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 want | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | all, need property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | want | present | I | nothing | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot nothing=Theme |
Option 3
It's my world, and I don't want any other life at all, and I'll never leave the bank for the sea or town
The tree, 26 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 world | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 world | cop |
| 3 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 world | nmod:poss |
| 4 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 want | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 want | cc |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 want | nsubj |
| 8 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 want | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 want | advmod |
| 10 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 world | conj |
| 11 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 life | det |
| 12 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 life | amod |
| 13 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 want | obj |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 all | case |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 life | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 leave | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 leave | cc |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 leave | nsubj |
| 19 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 leave | aux |
| 20 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 21 leave | advmod |
| 21 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 want | parataxis |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 bank | det |
| 23 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 leave | obj |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 sea | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 sea | det |
| 26 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 leave | obl |
| 27 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 28 town | cc |
| 28 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 sea | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | my world | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not want | present · do-support | I | any other life | all | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot life=Theme | |||
| 3 | not leave | future | I | the bank | for the sea or town | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bank=Theme for sea=Recipient |
Option 4
I don't care for the sea, nor the town
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 care | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 care | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 care | advmod |
| 4 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 sea | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sea | det |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 care | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 town | punct |
| 9 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 11 town | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 town | det |
| 11 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 care | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not care | present · do-support | I | the town | for the sea | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for sea=Theme |
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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