Test 11 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at…
Looking back: in chapter II, who sat in the road murmuring «Poop-poop!» in a happy trance?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: chapter, road · What happens: look back, sit, murmur · To what, where: road, Poop poop, happy trance
This is test 11 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 chapter | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 chapter | case |
| 5 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl |
| 6 | II | II | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 5 chapter | flat |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sat | punct |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 sat | nsubj |
| 9 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 chapter | acl:relcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 road | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 road | det |
| 12 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sat | obl |
| 13 | murmuring | murmur | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 road | acl |
| 14 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 17 poop | punct |
| 15 | Poop | poop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 poop | compound |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 Poop | punct |
| 17 | poop | poop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 murmuring | obj |
| 18 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 17 poop | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 poop | punct |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 trance | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 trance | det |
| 22 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 trance | amod |
| 23 | trance | trance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 murmuring | obl |
| 24 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Looking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme | |||||
| 2 | sit | past | chapter | the road | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in road=Location | ||||
| 3 | murmur speech: other | gerund | the road not said here | Poop poop | a happy trance | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poop=Topic |
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.
The options
Option 1
Toad, in the road
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 road | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 road | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 road | det |
| 5 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Toad | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Toad, after the motor-car wrecked the caravan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 wrecked | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Toad | punct |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 car | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 car | det |
| 5 | motor | motor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 car | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 motor | punct |
| 7 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Toad | nmod |
| 8 | wrecked | wreck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 caravan | det |
| 10 | caravan | caravan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wrecked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wreck | past | Toad after the motor car | the caravan | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caravan=Patient |
Option 3
The Mole, in a hedge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Mole | det |
| 2 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Mole | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 hedge | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 hedge | det |
| 6 | hedge | hedge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Mole | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Badger, after a cart overturned by the ford
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Badger | Badger | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 cart | punct |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 cart | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cart | det |
| 5 | cart | cart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Badger | appos |
| 6 | overturned | overturn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 cart | acl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 ford | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ford | det |
| 9 | ford | ford | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 overturned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overturn | participle | a cart not said here | by the ford | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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