Test 6 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adve…

What does the cabbage smell show about Toad?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cabbage smell · What happens: show

This is test 6 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 show	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 show	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 smell	det
4	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 smell	compound
5	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 show	nsubj
6	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 Toad	case
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 show	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · do-support	the cabbage smell					about Toad	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent what=Recipient about toad=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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

His moods swing fast: one good smell, and he's hopeful again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 moods	nmod:poss
2	moods	mood	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 swing	nsubj
3	swing	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 swing	advmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 one	punct
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 smell	nummod
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 smell	amod
8	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swing	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hopeful	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 hopeful	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 hopeful	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 hopeful	cop
13	hopeful	hopeful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 swing	parataxis
14	again	again	ADV	_	13 hopeful	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swing	present	His moods	one good smell				fast property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	is	present	he				again	hopeful property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

His moods swing fast: a single good smell lifts him, and he becomes hopeful, proud and boastful again at once

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 moods	nmod:poss
2	moods	mood	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 swing	nsubj
3	swing	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 swing	advmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 lifts	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 smell	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 smell	amod
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 smell	amod
9	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lifts	nsubj
10	lifts	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 swing	parataxis
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 lifts	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 becomes	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 becomes	cc
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 becomes	nsubj
15	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 swing	parataxis
16	hopeful	hopeful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 becomes	xcomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 proud	punct
18	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 hopeful	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 boastful	cc
20	boastful	boastful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 hopeful	conj
21	again	again	ADV	_	15 becomes	advmod
22	at	at	ADP	_	23 once	case
23	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	15 becomes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	swing	present	His moods			fast property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	lift	present	a single good smell	him = he			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	become	present	smell		again	hopeful property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3

He is very vain and boastful about his money

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	4 vain	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 vain	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 vain	advmod
4	vain	vain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 boastful	cc
6	boastful	boastful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 vain	conj
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 money	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 money	nmod:poss
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 vain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					about his money; vain property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here						tree rules

Option 4

He is a clever creature who always knows exactly what he wants, and food is his only weakness

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	5 creature	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 creature	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 creature	det
4	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 creature	amod
5	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 knows	nsubj
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 knows	advmod
8	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 creature	acl:relcl
9	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	10 what	advmod
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 wants	obj
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wants	nsubj
12	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 knows	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 weakness	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 weakness	cc
15	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 weakness	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 weakness	cop
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 weakness	nmod:poss
18	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 weakness	amod
19	weakness	weakness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 creature	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	a clever creature and his only weakness		tree rules
2	know	present	a clever creature and his only weakness		always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	want	present	he			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
4	is a	present	food	his only weakness		tree rules

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