Test 7 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adve…

Ailsa from Edinburgh: «prison's dreich and Toad stays miserable the whole chapter.» (dreich = dreary) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ailsa, dreich · What happens: stay, put · To what, where: whole chapter, chapter

This is test 7 · ★ 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: Ailsa from Edinburgh: «prison's dreich and Toad stays miserable the whole chapter.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ailsa	Ailsa	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 stays	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Edinburgh	case
3	Edinburgh	Edinburgh	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ailsa	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 dreich	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 dreich	punct
6	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dreich	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 prison	case
8	dreich	dreich	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stays	nsubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Toad	cc
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 dreich	conj
11	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	miserable	miserable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 stays	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 chapter	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 chapter	amod
15	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stays	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 stays	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 stays	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay in a quote	present	Ailsa from Edinburgh	the whole chapter				miserable property	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme chapter=Location

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: (dreich = dreary) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 dreich	punct
2	dreich	dreich	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Put	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 dreary	punct
4	dreary	dreary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dreich	amod
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 dreich	punct
6	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 Put	obj
8	right	right	ADV	_	6 Put	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	infinitive	dreich	chapter				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

By the end of the chapter he is cheerful, proud of his house and talking about himself to the girl at great length

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 end	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 end	det
3	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cheerful	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 chapter	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chapter	det
6	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 end	nmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cheerful	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cheerful	cop
9	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 proud	punct
11	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cheerful	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 house	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 house	nmod:poss
14	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 proud	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 talking	cc
16	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 cheerful	conj
17	about	about	ADP	_	18 himself	case
18	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	16 talking	obl
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 girl	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 girl	det
21	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 talking	obl
22	at	at	ADP	_	24 length	case
23	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 length	amod
24	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 talking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he		by the end of the chapter	cheerful property	tree rules
2	be		he not said here			of his house	tree rules
3	talk	gerund	he not said here	great length		about himself = he; to the girl	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.topic»: agent=Agent about himself=Topic to girl=Co-Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By that very night he is cheerful and pleased with himself again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 night	case
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 night	det
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 night	advmod
4	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cheerful	obl
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cheerful	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cheerful	cop
7	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 pleased	cc
9	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cheerful	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 himself	case
11	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 cheerful	obl
12	again	again	ADV	_	7 cheerful	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he				again; night	with himself = he; cheerful property	tree rules
2	be		he not said here						tree rules

Option 3

Within a few hours of the toast he is cheerful, boastful, and very pleased with his own cleverness again

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Within	within	ADP	_	4 hours	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hours	det
3	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hours	amod
4	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 cheerful	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 toast	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 toast	det
7	toast	toast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hours	nmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 cheerful	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 cheerful	cop
10	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 boastful	punct
12	boastful	boastful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cheerful	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 pleased	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 pleased	cc
15	very	very	ADV	_	16 pleased	advmod
16	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cheerful	conj
17	with	with	ADP	_	20 cleverness	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 cleverness	nmod:poss
19	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 cleverness	amod
20	cleverness	cleverness	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pleased	obl
21	again	again	ADV	_	20 cleverness	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he	hour	cheerful property	tree rules
2	be		he not said here			tree rules
3	be		he not said here		with his own cleverness	tree rules

Option 4

Next morning he is still miserable and refuses all food again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 morning	amod
2	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 miserable	obl:unmarked
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 miserable	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 miserable	cop
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 miserable	advmod
6	miserable	miserable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 refuses	cc
8	refuses	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 miserable	conj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 food	det
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 refuses	obj
11	again	again	ADV	_	8 refuses	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he				still; morning	miserable property	tree rules
2	refuse	present	he not said here	all food			again		vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme

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