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

Why might forgetting be called a «gift» here?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: forget, call · To what, where: gift · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 forgetting	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 forgetting	aux
3	forgetting	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 called	nsubj:pass
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 called	aux:pass
5	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 gift	det
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 gift	punct
8	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	xcomp
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 gift	punct
10	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 called	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	might							tree rules
2	call	infinitive · passive		a gift		here			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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 · ← Mova's choice

It helps them sleep

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 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 helps	obj
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 helps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	It	them = they					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	sleep	infinitive	them = they not said here						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

So the huge memory won't spoil their play and joy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	7 spoil	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 memory	det
3	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 memory	amod
4	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spoil	nsubj
5	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 spoil	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 spoil	advmod
7	spoil	spoil	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 play	nmod:poss
9	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spoil	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 joy	cc
11	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 play	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not spoil	future	the huge memory	their play and joy					tree rules
2	play		their = they						nom play «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Because it makes the animals forget their friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 makes	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 forget	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animals	det
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 makes	obj
6	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 friends	nmod:poss
8	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 forget	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	it	the animals					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material animal=Product
2	forget	present		animals's friends					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

So the great awe won't overshadow their fun and happiness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	7 overshadow	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 awe	det
3	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 awe	amod
4	awe	awe	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 overshadow	nsubj
5	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 overshadow	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 overshadow	advmod
7	overshadow	overshadow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 fun	nmod:poss
9	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 overshadow	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 happiness	cc
11	happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fun	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not overshadow	future	the great awe	their fun and happiness					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fun=Patient

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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