Test 11 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adve…
Looking back: Rat said in chapter II that Toad «may be both boastful and conceited», but has «great qualities». Which good quality shows here?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat, chapter, good quality · What happens: look back, say, be, have, show · To what, where: chapter, great qualities · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 53 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adventures (the washerwoman's dress)» 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: Rat said in chapter II that Toad «may be both boastful and conceited», but has «great qualities».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 said | advcl |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Looking | punct |
| 4 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 chapter | case |
| 7 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | obl |
| 8 | II | II | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 7 chapter | flat |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 boastful | nsubj |
| 10 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 boastful | nsubj |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 15 boastful | punct |
| 12 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 boastful | aux |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 boastful | cop |
| 14 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 15 boastful | cc:preconj |
| 15 | boastful | boastful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 chapter | acl:relcl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 conceited | cc |
| 17 | conceited | conceited | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 boastful | conj |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 boastful | punct |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 has | punct |
| 20 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 has | cc |
| 21 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | conj |
| 22 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 24 qualities | punct |
| 23 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 qualities | amod |
| 24 | qualities | quality | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 has | obj |
| 25 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 24 qualities | punct |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | Rat not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Rat | chapter | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in chapter=Manner | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | may | chapter | boastful property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | be in a quote | chapter not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | have | present | Rat not said here | great qualities | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quality=Patient |
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 good quality shows here?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 shows | obj |
| 2 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 quality | amod |
| 3 | quality | quality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shows | nsubj |
| 4 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 shows | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | good quality | here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Honest Toad is ready to admit himself in the wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Toad | amod |
| 2 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 ready | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 ready | cop |
| 4 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 admit | mark |
| 6 | admit | admit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ready | xcomp |
| 7 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 6 admit | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 wrong | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 wrong | det |
| 10 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 admit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Honest Toad | ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | admit speech: other | to-infinitive | Honest Toad not said here | Toad | the wrong | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Theme in wrong=Location |
Option 2
He is very brave
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 brave | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 brave | cop |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 brave | advmod |
| 4 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | brave property | tree rules |
Option 3
Toad is clever at planning and never gives up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 clever | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 clever | cop |
| 3 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 planning | case |
| 5 | planning | planning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 clever | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 gives | cc |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 gives | advmod |
| 8 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 clever | conj |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 gives | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Toad | planning | clever property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | not give up | present | Toad not said here | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Toad is kind to the girl and her aunt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 kind | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 kind | cop |
| 3 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 girl | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kind | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 aunt | cc |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 aunt | nmod:poss |
| 9 | aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 girl | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Toad | to the girl and Toad's aunt; kind property | tree rules |
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