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

«The aunt was wicked angry and fought Toad for her dress.» (wicked = really) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: aunt · What happens: be, fight, put · To what, where: Toad, dress

This is test 2 · ★ 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: «The aunt was wicked angry and fought Toad for her dress.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 angry	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 aunt	det
3	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 angry	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 angry	cop
5	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 angry	amod
6	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fought	cc
8	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 angry	conj
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 fought	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 dress	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 dress	nmod:poss
12	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fought	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 angry	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 angry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	the aunt					angry property	tree rules
2	fight in a quote	past	the aunt not said here	Toad				for Toad's dress	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Co-Agent

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: (wicked = really) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 wicked	punct
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	=	=	SYM	_	6 Put	punct
4	really	really	ADV	_	6 Put	advmod
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 really	punct
6	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 wicked	parataxis
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	_	2 wicked	punct

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

The options

Option 1

She agreed for gold and asked to be tied up and gagged, as if she had been attacked by a strong robber

The tree, 22 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 agreed	nsubj
2	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 gold	case
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 agreed	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 asked	cc
6	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 agreed	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	9 tied	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 tied	aux:pass
9	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 asked	xcomp
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 tied	compound:prt
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 gagged	cc
12	gagged	gag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 tied	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 attacked	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 attacked	mark
15	if	if	SCONJ	_	19 attacked	mark
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 attacked	nsubj:pass
17	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 attacked	aux
18	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 attacked	aux:pass
19	attacked	attack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 gagged	conj
20	by	by	ADP	_	23 robber	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 robber	det
22	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 robber	amod
23	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 attacked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	She		for gold	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	ask speech: ask	past	She not said here			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	tie up not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	She not said here			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»
4	gag	participle	She not said here			vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
5	attack a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive	a strong robber	she		vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She refused the gold and gave him the dress for free

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 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gold	det
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refused	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 gave	cc
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 refused	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gave	iobj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dress	det
9	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 free	case
11	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	She	the gold					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme
2	give	past	She not said here	the dress	him = he			for free	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient dress=Theme for free=Asset

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She agreed for gold, and asked to be tied up as a pretend

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 agreed	nsubj
2	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 gold	case
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 agreed	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 asked	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 asked	cc
7	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 agreed	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	10 tied	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 tied	aux:pass
10	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 asked	xcomp
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 tied	compound:prt
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 pretend	mark
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 pretend	det
14	pretend	pretend	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 tied	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	She	for gold	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	ask speech: ask	past	She not said here		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	tie up not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	She not said here		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»

Option 4

She sold her dress for gold at once, and asked the girl to tie her up in the corner of the cell as a pretend prisoner

The tree, 26 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 sold	nsubj
2	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dress	nmod:poss
4	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sold	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 gold	case
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sold	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 sold	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 asked	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 asked	cc
11	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sold	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 girl	det
13	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 asked	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 tie	mark
15	tie	tie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 asked	xcomp
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 tie	obj
17	up	up	ADP	_	15 tie	compound:prt
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 corner	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 corner	det
20	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tie	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 cell	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 cell	det
23	cell	cell	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 corner	nmod
24	as	as	ADP	_	27 prisoner	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 prisoner	det
26	pretend	pretend	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 prisoner	amod
27	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tie	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	sell	past	She	her dress			for gold	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent dress=Theme for gold=Asset
2	ask speech: ask	past	She not said here		the girl			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient clause=Topic
3	tie up not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	girl		the corner of the cell	as a pretend prisoner	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

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