Test 10 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at…

«Bussin' ending: Mole hears every word of the song.» (bussin' = really good) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Bussin ending, bussin · What happens: hear, word, put · To what, where: word, song

This is test 10 · ★ 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: «Bussin' ending: Mole hears every word of the song.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Bussin	punct
2	Bussin	Bussin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ending	compound
3	'	'	PUNCT	_	2 Bussin	punct
4	ending	ending	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hears	nsubj
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 hears	punct
6	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 hears	nsubj
7	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 word	det
9	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hears	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 song	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 song	det
12	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 word	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 hears	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 hears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear in a quote	present	Bussin ending	every word of the song					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
2	word in a quote			the song					nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient

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: (bussin' = really good) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 bussin	punct
2	bussin	bussin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Put	nsubj
3	'	'	PUNCT	_	2 bussin	punct
4	=	=	SYM	_	6 good	punct
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 good	advmod
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bussin	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 bussin	punct
8	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 Put	obj
10	right	right	ADV	_	8 Put	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	infinitive	bussin	word				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

Only the Rat hears words, and he falls asleep before the last part

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 hears	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Rat	det
3	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 hears	nsubj
4	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hears	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 falls	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 falls	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 falls	nsubj
9	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hears	conj
10	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 falls	xcomp
11	before	before	ADP	_	14 part	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 part	det
13	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 part	amod
14	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 falls	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	present	the Rat	words					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
2	fall	present	Rat			the last part		asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before part=Location

Option 2

Only the Rat hears words, and he falls asleep before the last part, and the Mole stays awake alone

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 hears	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Rat	det
3	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 hears	nsubj
4	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hears	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 falls	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 falls	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 falls	nsubj
9	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hears	conj
10	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 falls	xcomp
11	before	before	ADP	_	14 part	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 part	det
13	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 part	amod
14	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 falls	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 stays	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 stays	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Mole	det
18	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 stays	nsubj
19	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hears	conj
20	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 stays	xcomp
21	alone	alone	ADV	_	19 stays	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	present	the Rat	words			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
2	fall	present	Rat		the last part	asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before part=Location
3	stay	present	the Mole			alone, awake property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Only the Mole hears words, and he sleeps before the last verse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 hears	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Mole	det
3	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hears	nsubj
4	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hears	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sleeps	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sleeps	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sleeps	nsubj
9	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hears	conj
10	before	before	ADP	_	13 verse	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 verse	det
12	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 verse	amod
13	verse	verse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sleeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	present	the Mole	words					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
2	sleep	present	Mole				before the last verse		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Both hear every word, and the Rat sings the last part

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 hear	nsubj
2	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 word	det
4	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hear	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sings	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sings	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rat	det
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 sings	nsubj
9	sings	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hear	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 part	det
11	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 part	amod
12	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sings	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	present	Both	every word					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
2	sing speech: express	present	the Rat	the last part					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location part=Theme

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