Test 3 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adve…

Which is TRUE about the plan?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 3 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 TRUE	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 TRUE	cop
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 plan	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 plan	det
6	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 TRUE	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 TRUE	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about the plan; true property	tree rules

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

It was the girl's idea, and her aunt agreed for money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 idea	expl
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 idea	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 idea	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 girl	case
6	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 agreed	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 agreed	cc
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 aunt	nmod:poss
10	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 agreed	nsubj
11	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 idea	acl
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 money	case
13	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 agreed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the girl's idea					tree rules
2	agree speech: agree	past	girl's aunt	the girl's idea not said here				for money	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent idea=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It was the girl's idea, and the aunt agreed to it only for money, though Toad still had to pay her

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 idea	expl
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 idea	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 idea	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 girl	case
6	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 agreed	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 agreed	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 aunt	det
10	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 agreed	nsubj
11	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 idea	acl
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 agreed	obl
14	only	only	ADV	_	16 money	advmod
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 money	case
16	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 agreed	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 had	punct
18	though	though	SCONJ	_	21 had	mark
19	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 had	nsubj
20	still	still	ADV	_	21 had	advmod
21	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 idea	parataxis
22	to	to	PART	_	23 pay	mark
23	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 had	xcomp
24	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 pay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the girl's idea				tree rules
2	agree speech: agree	past	the aunt	the girl's idea not said here	idea		for money	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent idea=Topic
3	have	past	Toad			still		tree rules
4	pay	to-infinitive	Toad not said here	Toad				vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Asset

Option 3

The aunt thought of it and Toad paid the girl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 aunt	det
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thought	nsubj
3	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thought	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 paid	cc
7	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 paid	nsubj
8	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thought	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 girl	det
10	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 paid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	the aunt					of it	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pay	past	Toad	the girl					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Asset

Option 4

Toad planned it, and the aunt was forced into it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 planned	nsubj
2	planned	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 planned	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 forced	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 forced	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 aunt	det
7	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 forced	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 forced	aux:pass
9	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 planned	parataxis
10	into	into	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 forced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	past	Toad	it					vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	force	past · passive		the aunt		it			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

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