Test 9 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adve…

Why does the girl let Toad talk so much about himself?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, Toad · What happens: let, talk · To what, where: Toad

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 let	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 let	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 let	nsubj
5	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 let	obj
7	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 much	advmod
9	much	much	ADV	_	7 talk	advmod
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 himself	case
11	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 talk	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	present · do-support	the girl	Toad					tree rules
2	talk	infinitive	Toad not said here					about Toad	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about himself=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

She knows his talk comforts him, and she encourages it as part of the care that cures his despair

The tree, 19 words

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	2 knows	nsubj
2	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 talk	nmod:poss
4	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 comforts	nsubj
5	comforts	comfort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 knows	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 comforts	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 encourages	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 encourages	cc
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 encourages	nsubj
10	encourages	encourage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 knows	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 encourages	obj
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 part	case
13	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 encourages	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 care	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 care	det
16	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 part	nmod
17	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 cures	nsubj
18	cures	cure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 care	acl:relcl
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 despair	nmod:poss
20	despair	despair	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 cures	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	know	present	She			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	comfort	present	his talk	him = he		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
3	encourage	present	talk	it	as part of the care	vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	cure	present	the care	his despair		vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer despair=Source
5	talk		his = he			nom talk «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
6	despair		his = he			nom despair «state intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She sees it does him as much good as the tea

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	2 sees	nsubj
2	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sees	ccomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 does	obj
6	as	as	ADV	_	7 much	advmod
7	much	much	ADV	_	8 good	advmod
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 does	xcomp
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 tea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tea	det
11	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 good	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	She						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	do	present	it	him = he				good property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality

Option 3

He talks because the girl has ordered him to talk about himself for her amusement every single day

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	2 talks	nsubj
2	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 ordered	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ordered	nsubj:pass
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ordered	aux
7	ordered	order	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 talks	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ordered	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 talk	mark
10	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 ordered	xcomp
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 himself	case
12	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 talk	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 amusement	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 amusement	nmod:poss
15	amusement	amusement	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 talk	obl
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 day	det
17	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 day	amod
18	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 talk	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	talk	present	He					vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	order	present · perfect · passive		the girl	him = he			tree rules
3	talk not said to happen	to-infinitive	the girl not said here			day	about himself = he; for girl's amusement	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about himself=Topic
4	amuse		girl					nom amusement «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She wants him to tell her his secrets

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	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 tell	mark
5	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tell	iobj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 secrets	nmod:poss
8	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	She	him = he					tree rules
2	tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here	his secrets	her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient secret=Topic

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