Test 8 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at…

Kev from Liverpool: «Ratty's sound, he tells Mole the whole last bit of the song.» (sound = good, kind) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kev, sound · What happens: tell, put · To what, where: whole last bit, Mole, bit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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: Kev from Liverpool: «Ratty's sound, he tells Mole the whole last bit of the song.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kev	Kev	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 sound	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Liverpool	case
3	Liverpool	Liverpool	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Kev	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 sound	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 sound	punct
6	Ratty	Ratty	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 sound	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Ratty	case
8	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 tells	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 tells	nsubj
11	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sound	parataxis
12	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 tells	obj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 bit	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 bit	amod
15	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 bit	amod
16	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tells	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 song	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 song	det
19	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bit	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 sound	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 sound	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert in a quote	present	Kev	the whole last bit of the song	Mole				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mole=Recipient bit=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.

Sentence 2: (sound = good, kind) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 sound	punct
2	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Put	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 good	punct
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sound	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 kind	punct
6	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 good	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 sound	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	sound	bit				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1

He falls asleep before he can give the last part, and Mole is left wondering what the reeds said

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 falls	nsubj
2	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 falls	xcomp
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 give	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 give	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 give	aux
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 falls	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 part	det
9	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 part	amod
10	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 left	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 left	cc
13	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 left	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 left	aux:pass
15	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 falls	parataxis
16	wondering	wonder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 left	xcomp
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 said	obj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 reeds	det
19	reeds	reed	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 said	nsubj
20	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 wondering	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fall	present	He		asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	give	can	he	the last part		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme
3	leave	present · passive		Mole		tree rules
4	wonder speech: ask	gerund	Mole not said here			vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	say speech: assert	past	the reeds			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He falls asleep before he can give the last part

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 falls	nsubj
2	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 falls	xcomp
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 give	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 give	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 give	aux
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 falls	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 part	det
9	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 part	amod
10	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	He					asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	give	can	he	the last part					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Mole tells the whole last part to the Rat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 tells	nsubj
2	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 part	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 part	amod
5	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 part	amod
6	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tells	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 Rat	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Rat	det
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 tells	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	Mole	the whole last part	the Rat				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent part=Topic to rat=Recipient

Option 4

He falls asleep before he can give the last part, after telling Mole the first two verses slowly

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 falls	nsubj
2	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 falls	xcomp
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 give	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 give	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 give	aux
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 falls	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 part	det
9	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 part	amod
10	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 telling	punct
12	after	after	SCONJ	_	13 telling	mark
13	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 falls	conj
14	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 telling	iobj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 verses	det
16	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	18 verses	amod
17	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 verses	nummod
18	verses	verse	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 telling	obj
19	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	13 telling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	fall	present	He			asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	give	can	he	the last part			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	gerund	He not said here	the first two verses	Mole	slowly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mole=Recipient verse=Topic

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