Test 2 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at…

Jack from Newcastle: «the island was canny loud with birds singin'.» (canny = very) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jack · What happens: be, put · To what, where: island

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 50 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the music and the island)» 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: Jack from Newcastle: «the island was canny loud with birds singin'.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 loud	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Newcastle	case
3	Newcastle	Newcastle	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Jack	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 loud	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 loud	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 island	det
7	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 loud	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 loud	cop
9	canny	canny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 loud	amod
10	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 singin	case
12	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 singin	compound
13	singin	singin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 loud	obl
14	'	'	PUNCT	_	13 singin	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 loud	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 loud	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	Jack from Newcastle					with birds singin; loud 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.

Sentence 2: (canny = very) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 canny	punct
2	canny	canny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	=	=	SYM	_	6 Put	punct
4	very	very	ADV	_	6 Put	advmod
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 very	punct
6	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 canny	advcl
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	_	2 canny	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	infinitive		island				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

There was utter silence in the bird-haunted branches, where no bird sang at all that dawn

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 sang	cop
3	utter	utter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 silence	amod
4	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	10 branches	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 branches	det
7	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 haunted	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 bird	punct
9	haunted	haunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 branches	amod
10	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 was	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sang	punct
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 sang	advmod
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 bird	det
14	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sang	nsubj
15	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 sang	obl
18	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	19 dawn	det
19	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sang	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	haunt	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	past	no bird			all	dawn	sing property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

There was utter silence in the bird-haunted branches

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	utter	utter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 silence	amod
4	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	10 branches	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 branches	det
7	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 haunted	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 bird	punct
9	haunted	haunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 branches	amod
10	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 was	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	utter silence			the haunted branches; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in branch=Location
2	haunt	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

The trees were full of birds that sang sweetly today

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 trees	det
2	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 full	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 full	cop
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 birds	case
6	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 full	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 sang	nsubj
8	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 birds	acl:relcl
9	sweetly	sweetly	ADV	_	8 sang	advmod
10	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sang	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the trees					of birds; full property	tree rules
2	sing speech: express	past	birds				today	sweetly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

There was utter silence in all the bird-haunted branches of the wood and along the river bank

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	utter	utter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 silence	amod
4	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	11 branches	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 branches	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 branches	det
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 haunted	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 bird	punct
10	haunted	haunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 branches	amod
11	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 was	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 wood	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wood	det
14	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 branches	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 bank	cc
16	along	along	ADP	_	19 bank	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 bank	det
18	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 bank	compound
19	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wood	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	utter silence			all haunted branches of the wood and the river bank; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in branch=Location
2	haunt	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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