Test 10 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adve…

«Girl, you ate!» (ate = did brilliantly) Who «ate» in this part, and why?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, ate · What happens: eat, do · To what, where: part

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 52 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adventures (the gaoler's daughter and the buttered toast)» 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: «Girl, you ate!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 ate	punct
2	Girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ate	vocative
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Girl	punct
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 ate	nsubj
5	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 ate	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 ate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat in a quote	past	you					Girl vocative	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: (ate = did brilliantly) Who «ate» in this part, and why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 ate	punct
2	ate	ate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ate	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 did	punct
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ate	acl:relcl
5	brilliantly	brilliantly	ADV	_	4 did	advmod
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 ate	punct
7	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 ate	nsubj
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 ate	punct
9	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 ate	punct
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 part	case
12	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 part	det
13	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ate	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 why	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 why	cc
16	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 ate	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 ate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	ate not said here					brilliantly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	eat in a quote	past	ate			this part			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Toad, who gobbled the cabbage and the toast in his cell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gobbled	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gobbled	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 gobbled	nsubj
4	gobbled	gobble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cabbage	det
6	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gobbled	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 toast	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 toast	det
9	toast	toast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cabbage	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 cell	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 cell	nmod:poss
12	cell	cell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gobbled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gobble	past	Toad	the cabbage and the toast		Toad's cell			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cabbage=Theme

Option 2

The gaoler's daughter, who cured Toad's despair with hot food, buttered toast and an interested, kindly ear

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gaoler	det
2	gaoler	gaoler	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 daughter	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 gaoler	case
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cured	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cured	punct
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 cured	nsubj
7	cured	cure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 despair	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Toad	case
10	despair	despair	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cured	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 food	case
12	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 food	amod
13	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cured	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 toast	punct
15	buttered	butter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 toast	amod
16	toast	toast	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 food	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 interested	cc
18	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 interested	det
19	interested	interested	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 food	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 ear	punct
21	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	22 ear	advmod
22	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cure	past	the gaoler's daughter	Toad's despair	with hot food and buttered toast; ear obl	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer despair=Source
2	butter	participle				vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
3	despair		Toad			nom despair «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Toad, who at last ate the bubble-and-squeak and the toast, and then felt much happier and boasted about it to the girl

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 ate	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 last	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 last	nsubj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 last	case
5	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Toad	conj
6	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 squeak	det
8	bubble	bubble	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 squeak	nsubj
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 squeak	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 squeak	cc
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 and	punct
12	squeak	squeak	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ate	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 toast	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 toast	det
15	toast	toast	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 squeak	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 felt	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 felt	cc
18	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 felt	advmod
19	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ate	parataxis
20	much	much	ADV	_	21 happier	advmod
21	happier	happy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	19 felt	xcomp
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 boasted	cc
23	boasted	boast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 felt	conj
24	about	about	ADP	_	25 it	case
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 boasted	obl
26	to	to	ADP	_	28 girl	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 girl	det
28	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 boasted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	Toad				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	squeak		bubble				tree rules
3	feel	past			then	happy property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
4	boast speech: other	participle		the girl		about bubble	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic PP.recipient»: agent=Agent about it=Topic to girl=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The girl, who cured Toad's despair with food and kind talk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cured	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 cured	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 cured	nsubj
5	cured	cure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 despair	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Toad	case
8	despair	despair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cured	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 food	case
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cured	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 talk	cc
12	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 talk	amod
13	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 food	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure	past	the girl	Toad's despair				with food and kind talk	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer despair=Source
2	despair		Toad						nom despair «state intransitive»: poss=agent

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