Test 7 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at…

Zoe: «Pan's a scary monster who stole Portly.» Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Zoe, scary monster, you · What happens: be, steal, put · To what, where: scary monster, Portly, monster

This is test 7 · ★ 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: Zoe: «Pan's a scary monster who stole Portly.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 monster	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Zoe	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 monster	punct
4	Pan	Pan	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 monster	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 monster	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 monster	det
7	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 monster	amod
8	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 stole	nsubj
10	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 monster	acl:relcl
11	Portly	Portly	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 stole	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 monster	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 monster	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	Zoe	a scary monster					tree rules
2	steal in a quote	past	a scary monster	Portly					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location portly=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: Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	monster				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No: the Friend and Helper kept the lost little one safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 Friend	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Friend	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Friend	det
4	Friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kept	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Helper	cc
6	Helper	Helper	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Friend	conj
7	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kept	obj
9	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 the	acl
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 one	amod
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 lost	obj
12	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 one	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	no Friend and Helper	the					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent the=Theme
2	lose	participle		little one					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality

Option 2

No: the Friend and Helper never stole anyone, but kept the lost little one safe while his father searched through the snow

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 Friend	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Friend	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Friend	det
4	Friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stole	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Helper	cc
6	Helper	Helper	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Friend	conj
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 stole	advmod
8	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 stole	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 kept	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 kept	cc
12	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 stole	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 kept	obj
14	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 the	acl
15	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 one	amod
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 safe	nummod
17	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lost	conj
18	while	while	SCONJ	_	21 searched	mark
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 father	nmod:poss
20	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 searched	nsubj
21	searched	search	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 safe	advcl
22	through	through	ADP	_	24 snow	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 snow	det
24	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 searched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not steal	past	no Friend and Helper	anyone		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location anyone=Theme
2	keep	past	no Friend and Helper not said here	the		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent the=Theme
3	lose	participle				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	search	past	Helper's father		the snow	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through snow=Location

Option 3

Yes: the Piper took him away and kept him in the dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 took	discourse
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Piper	det
4	Piper	Piper	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 took	nsubj
5	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 took	obj
7	away	away	ADV	_	5 took	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 kept	cc
9	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 took	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 kept	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 dark	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dark	det
13	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take away	past	the Piper	him = he				away property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	keep	past	the Piper not said here	Piper		the dark			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in dark=Location

Option 4

No: the Friend and Helper kept the lost little one safe, and Portly was found asleep between his hooves in peace

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 Friend	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Friend	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Friend	det
4	Friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kept	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Helper	cc
6	Helper	Helper	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Friend	conj
7	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kept	obj
9	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 the	acl
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lost	obl
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 little	obl:unmarked
12	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 one	amod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 found	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 found	cc
15	Portly	Portly	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 found	nsubj:pass
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 found	aux:pass
17	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 kept	conj
18	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 found	xcomp
19	between	between	ADP	_	21 hooves	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 hooves	nmod:poss
21	hooves	hoove	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 found	obl
22	in	in	ADP	_	23 peace	case
23	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 hooves	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	past	no Friend and Helper	the		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent the=Theme
2	lose	participle		little		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	find	past · passive		Portly	between Portly's hooves in peace; asleep property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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