Test 15 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adve…

Looking back: in chapter II the Rat said Toad was «both boastful and conceited». Which line here shows that best?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat, Toad, line · What happens: look back, say, be, show · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 15 · ★ 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: Looking back: in chapter II the Rat said Toad was «both boastful and conceited».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 said	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rat	det
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 boastful	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 boastful	cop
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 boastful	punct
13	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	14 boastful	advmod
14	boastful	boastful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 said	ccomp
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 conceited	cc
16	conceited	conceited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 boastful	conj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 boastful	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Rat not said here	in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	the Rat		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	past	Toad	boastful property	tree rules
4	be in a quote		Toad not said here		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: Which line here shows that best?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 line	det
2	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shows	nsubj
3	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 line	advmod
4	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 best	nsubj
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 shows	ccomp
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	which line						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

«an eligible self-contained gentleman's residence very unique»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 unique	punct
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 gentleman	det
3	eligible	eligible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 gentleman	amod
4	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 contained	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 self	punct
6	contained	contain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 gentleman	amod
7	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 residence	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 gentleman	case
9	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 unique	nsubj
10	very	very	ADV	_	11 unique	advmod
11	unique	unique	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 unique	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain in a quote	participle							vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

«I am the cleverest toad in all England, and my residence is the most elegant of any gentleman's home around»

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 toad	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 toad	nsubj
3	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 toad	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 toad	det
5	cleverest	clever	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 toad	amod
6	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 England	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 England	det
9	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 toad	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 elegant	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 elegant	cc
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 residence	nmod:poss
13	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 elegant	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 elegant	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 elegant	det
16	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	17 elegant	advmod
17	elegant	elegant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 toad	parataxis
18	of	of	ADP	_	22 home	case
19	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	20 gentleman	det
20	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 home	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 gentleman	case
22	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 elegant	obl
23	around	around	ADV	_	17 elegant	advmod
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 toad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	I	the cleverest toad		all England			tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	my residence					of any gentleman's home; around, elegant property	tree rules

Option 3

«an eligible self-contained gentleman's residence, the finest and most unique property of its kind in the whole county»

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 residence	punct
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 gentleman	det
3	eligible	eligible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 gentleman	amod
4	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 contained	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 self	punct
6	contained	contain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 gentleman	amod
7	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 residence	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 gentleman	case
9	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 property	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 property	det
12	finest	fine	ADJ	Degree=Sup	16 property	amod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 property	cc
14	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	15 unique	advmod
15	unique	unique	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 property	amod
16	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 residence	appos
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 kind	case
18	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 kind	nmod:poss
19	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 property	nmod
20	in	in	ADP	_	23 county	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 county	det
22	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 county	amod
23	county	county	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 kind	nmod
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 residence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain in a quote	participle							vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

«Toad Hall, my beautiful property, and my famous motor-car»

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Toad	punct
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Toad	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 property	punct
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 property	nmod:poss
6	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 property	amod
7	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Toad	appos
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 car	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 car	cc
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 car	nmod:poss
11	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 car	amod
12	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 car	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 motor	punct
14	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Toad	appos
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 car	punct

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

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