Test 5 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at…

Siobhan from Cork: «grand, so the Rat carries Portly right up to Otter's front door.» (grand = fine) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat, you · What happens: carry, put · To what, where: Portly, door

This is test 5 · ★ 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: Siobhan from Cork: «grand, so the Rat carries Portly right up to Otter's front door.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Siobhan	Siobhan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 grand	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Cork	case
3	Cork	Cork	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Siobhan	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 grand	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 grand	punct
6	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 carries	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 carries	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Rat	det
10	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 carries	nsubj
11	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 grand	conj
12	Portly	Portly	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 carries	obj
13	right	right	ADV	_	19 door	advmod
14	up	up	ADP	_	19 door	case
15	to	to	ADP	_	19 door	case
16	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 door	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Otter	case
18	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 door	amod
19	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carries	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 grand	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 grand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry in a quote	present	the Rat		Portly				vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme portly=Beneficiary door=Value

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: (grand = fine) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 grand	punct
2	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Put	advcl
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 fine	punct
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grand	conj
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 grand	punct
6	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
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	_	6 Put	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They set him on the tow-path, and wait with him by the ford until Otter has seen him come up the bank

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 set	nsubj
2	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 set	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	8 path	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 path	det
6	tow	tow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 path	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 tow	punct
8	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 set	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wait	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wait	cc
11	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 set	parataxis
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wait	obl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 ford	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ford	det
16	ford	ford	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wait	obl
17	until	until	SCONJ	_	20 seen	mark
18	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 seen	nsubj
19	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 seen	aux
20	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 wait	advcl
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 seen	obj
22	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 wait	conj
23	up	up	ADP	_	22 come	compound:prt
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 bank	det
25	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	set	past	They	him = he	the tow path		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme on path=Destination
2	wait	infinitive				with him = he; by the ford	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by ford=Location
3	see	present · perfect	Otter	him = he			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
4	come up	infinitive		the bank			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They lift him onto the bank and wave him goodbye

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lift	nsubj
2	lift	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lift	obj
4	onto	onto	ADP	_	6 bank	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bank	det
6	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lift	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wave	cc
8	wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lift	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wave	obj
10	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	present	They	him = he		the bank			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme onto bank=Destination
2	wave	present	They not said here	him = he					tree rules

Option 3

They set him on the tow-path and watch him waddle to Otter, but they never say goodbye to him at all

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 set	nsubj
2	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 set	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	8 path	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 path	det
6	tow	tow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 path	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 tow	punct
8	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 set	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 watch	cc
10	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 set	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 watch	obj
12	waddle	waddle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 watch	xcomp
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 Otter	case
14	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 waddle	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 say	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	19 say	cc
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 say	nsubj
18	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	19 say	advmod
19	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 set	parataxis
20	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 say	obj
21	to	to	ADP	_	22 him	case
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 say	obl
23	at	at	ADP	_	24 all	case
24	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	set	past	They	him = he		the tow path	at all	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme on path=Destination
2	watch	infinitive	They not said here	him = he				tree rules
3	waddle	infinitive	him = he not said here		Otter			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to otter=Destination
4	not say speech: assert	present	they	goodbye	Otter			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic to he=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They set him on the tow-path and watch him waddle to Otter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 set	nsubj
2	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 set	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	8 path	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 path	det
6	tow	tow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 path	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 tow	punct
8	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 set	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 watch	cc
10	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 set	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 watch	obj
12	waddle	waddle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 watch	xcomp
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 Otter	case
14	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 waddle	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	set	past	They	him = he		the tow path	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme on path=Destination
2	watch	infinitive	They not said here	him = he			tree rules
3	waddle	infinitive	him = he not said here		Otter		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to otter=Destination

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