Test 6 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at…

«It's like music — far away music.» Who says this, and about what?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: It · What happens: be, say · To what, where: this · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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: «It's like music — far away music.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 music	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 music	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 music	cop
4	like	like	ADP	_	5 music	case
5	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	—	-	PUNCT	_	9 music	punct
7	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 away	advmod
8	away	away	ADV	_	9 music	advmod
9	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 music	appos
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 music	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 music	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	It					like music	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: Who says this, and about what?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 says	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 what	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 what	cc
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 what	case
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 says	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present		this					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent this=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The Mole, about the wind in the reeds and the far-off song of the birds

The tree, 16 words

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	_	6 wind	punct
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 wind	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wind	det
6	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Mole	appos
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 reeds	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reeds	det
9	reeds	reed	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wind	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 song	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 song	det
12	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 song	amod
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 off	punct
14	off	off	ADP	_	12 far	compound:prt
15	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Mole	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 birds	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 birds	det
18	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Mole	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The Otter, about the distant bells

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Otter	det
2	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bells	punct
4	about	about	ADP	_	7 bells	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bells	det
6	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bells	amod
7	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Otter	parataxis

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The Rat, about the song in the willows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 song	punct
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 song	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 song	det
6	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Rat	appos
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 willows	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 willows	det
9	willows	willow	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 song	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The Mole, about the wind in the reeds

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	_	6 wind	punct
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 wind	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wind	det
6	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Mole	appos
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 reeds	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reeds	det
9	reeds	reed	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wind	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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