Test 1 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at…

Gwen from Cardiff: «Mole and Ratty remember every bit of the Piper for ever, it's lush.» (lush = lovely) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gwen, bit · What happens: remember, be, put · To what, where: bit, lush

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 51 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the gift of forgetfulness)» 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: Gwen from Cardiff: «Mole and Ratty remember every bit of the Piper for ever, it's lush.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gwen	Gwen	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 remember	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Cardiff	case
3	Cardiff	Cardiff	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Gwen	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Mole	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 Mole	punct
6	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gwen	appos
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Ratty	cc
8	Ratty	Ratty	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Mole	conj
9	remember	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 bit	det
11	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remember	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Piper	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Piper	det
14	Piper	piper	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bit	nmod
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 ever	case
16	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	14 Piper	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 lush	punct
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 lush	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 lush	cop
20	lush	lush	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 remember	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 remember	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 remember	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember in a quote	present	Gwen from Cardiff	every bit of the Piper					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent bit=Theme
2	is in a quote	present	bit					lush 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: (lush = lovely) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	4 lovely	punct
2	lush	lush	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lovely	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 lovely	punct
4	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 lovely	punct
6	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 lovely	parataxis
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	_	4 lovely	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A breeze brought forgetting; only a dim sense of beauty stays, and the Rat keeps the hoof-marks in his mind

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 breeze	det
2	breeze	breeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	nsubj
3	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	forgetting	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 brought	xcomp
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 sense	punct
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 sense	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sense	det
8	dim	dim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sense	amod
9	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	advcl
10	of	of	SCONJ	_	12 stays	mark
11	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stays	nsubj
12	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sense	advcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 keeps	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 keeps	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Rat	det
16	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 keeps	nsubj
17	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 brought	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 marks	det
19	hoof	hoof	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 marks	compound
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 hoof	punct
21	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 keeps	obj
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 mind	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 mind	nmod:poss
24	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	bring	past	a breeze			tree rules
2	forget	gerund	a breeze not said here			tree rules
3	stay	present	beauty			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	keep	present	the Rat	the hoof marks	Rat's mind	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mark=Theme in mind=Location
5	mind		Rat			nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The wind brought sleep, and the Rat remembers every word of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wind	det
2	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	nsubj
3	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 remembers	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 remembers	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rat	det
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 remembers	nsubj
9	remembers	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 brought	conj
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 word	det
11	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remembers	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 word	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	bring	past	the wind	sleep	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent sleep=Theme
2	remember	present	the Rat	every word of wind	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent word=Theme
3	word			wind	nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A wind came and the Mole remembers the whole song clearly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wind	det
2	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 remembers	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Mole	det
6	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 remembers	nsubj
7	remembers	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 came	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 song	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 song	amod
10	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 remembers	obj
11	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	7 remembers	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	a wind						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	remember	present	the Mole	the whole song				clearly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent song=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A breeze brought forgetting; only a dim sense of beauty stays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 breeze	det
2	breeze	breeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	nsubj
3	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	forgetting	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 brought	xcomp
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 sense	punct
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 sense	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sense	det
8	dim	dim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sense	amod
9	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	advcl
10	of	of	SCONJ	_	12 stays	mark
11	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stays	nsubj
12	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sense	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	bring	past	a breeze	tree rules
2	forget	gerund	a breeze not said here	tree rules
3	stay	present	beauty	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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