Test 2 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adve…

Sophie, a bit mardy (sulky): «the gaoler's daughter was proper mean to Toad.» Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: daughter, you · What happens: be, put · To what, where: Toad, gaoler

This is test 2 · ★ 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: Sophie, a bit mardy (sulky): «the gaoler's daughter was proper mean to Toad.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 mardy	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 mardy	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mardy	obl:unmarked
5	mardy	mardy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	(	(	PUNCT	_	7 sulky	punct
7	sulky	sulky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mardy	parataxis
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	7 sulky	punct
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	17 mean	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 mean	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gaoler	det
12	gaoler	gaoler	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 daughter	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 gaoler	case
14	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 mean	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 mean	cop
16	proper	properly	ADV	_	17 mean	advmod
17	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mardy	conj
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 Toad	case
19	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 mean	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 mardy	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 mardy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	the gaoler's daughter		Toad			mean, properly property	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: Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

She was kind: she pitied him and brought him good food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kind	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kind	cop
3	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 pitied	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 pitied	nsubj
6	pitied	pity	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kind	parataxis
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 pitied	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 brought	cc
9	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 pitied	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 brought	obj
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 food	amod
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 brought	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	She			kind property	tree rules
2	pity	past	she	him = he			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3	bring	past	she not said here	good food	him = he		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination food=Theme

Option 2

She was cruel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cruel	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cruel	cop
3	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					cruel property	tree rules

Option 3

She was cross and gave him cold scraps and no pity at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cross	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cross	cop
3	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 gave	cc
5	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cross	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gave	iobj
7	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 scraps	amod
8	scraps	scrap	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gave	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 pity	cc
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 pity	det
11	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 scraps	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					cross property	tree rules
2	give	past	She not said here	cold scraps and no pity	him = he	all			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient scrap=Theme at all=Asset

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She was unkind and shut him up without any care for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 unkind	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unkind	cop
3	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 shut	cc
5	shut	shut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unkind	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shut	obj
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 shut	compound:prt
8	without	without	ADP	_	10 care	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 care	det
10	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shut	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					unkind property	tree rules
2	shut up	infinitive	She not said here	him = he				without any care; for him = he	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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