Test 6 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at…

«It's giving fairy-tale.» (it's giving = it feels like) Which detail makes the island feel like a holy story-place?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: It, tale, giving, island · What happens: give, feel, make · To what, where: fairy tale

This is test 6 · ★ 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: «It's giving fairy-tale.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 giving	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 giving	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 giving	aux
4	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	fairy	fairy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tale	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 fairy	punct
7	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 giving	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 giving	punct
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 giving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give in a quote	present · progressive	It	fairy tale					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Theme

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: (it's giving = it feels like) Which detail makes the island feel like a holy story-place?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	4 giving	punct
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 giving	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 giving	aux
4	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 makes	csubj
5	=	=	PUNCT	_	7 feels	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 feels	nsubj
7	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 giving	parataxis
8	like	like	ADP	_	11 detail	case
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	8 like	punct
10	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	11 detail	det
11	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feels	obl
12	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 island	det
14	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 feel	nsubj
15	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 makes	xcomp
16	like	like	ADP	_	21 place	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 place	det
18	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 place	amod
19	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 place	compound
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 story	punct
21	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 feel	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	give	present · progressive	tale		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	feel	present	tale	like which detail	vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like detail=Theme
3	make	present	giving		tree rules
4	feel	infinitive	the island	like a holy story place	vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like place=Theme

The options

Option 1

It is tall and grey, with a wide view of the wood

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	3 tall	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tall	cop
3	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 grey	cc
5	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tall	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 view	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 view	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 view	det
9	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 view	amod
10	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tall	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 wood	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wood	det
13	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 view	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		tall property	tree rules
2	be					tree rules
3	view			the wood		nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It has many trees

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	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 trees	amod
4	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	many trees					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It hides what it holds «behind a veil», «till the hour should come»

The tree, 13 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	2 hides	nsubj
2	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 holds	obj
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 holds	nsubj
5	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hides	advcl
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 veil	punct
7	behind	behind	ADP	_	9 veil	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 veil	det
9	veil	veil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 holds	obl
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 veil	punct
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 come	punct
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 come	punct
13	till	till	SCONJ	_	17 come	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hour	det
15	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 come	nsubj
16	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 come	aux
17	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 holds	conj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 hides	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	hide	present	It		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hold	present	it	a veil	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent what=Theme behind veil=Location
3	come in a quote	should	the hour		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It has a fine lawn and a river, like any other garden

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	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lawn	det
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lawn	amod
5	lawn	lawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 river	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 river	det
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lawn	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 garden	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	13 garden	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 garden	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 garden	amod
13	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	a fine lawn and a river					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lawn=Patient

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