Test 5 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adve…

Rhys from Swansea, tamping (furious): «that girl's horrible, she shouts at Toad!» (tamping = furious) What's fairer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rhys, tamping · What happens: tamp, shout, be

This is test 5 · ★ 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: Rhys from Swansea, tamping (furious): «that girl's horrible, she shouts at Toad!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rhys	Rhys	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 horrible	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Swansea	case
3	Swansea	Swansea	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Rhys	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 tamping	punct
5	tamping	tamp	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Rhys	conj
6	(	(	PUNCT	_	7 furious	punct
7	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tamping	parataxis
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	7 furious	punct
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 horrible	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 horrible	punct
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 girl	det
12	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 horrible	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 girl	case
14	horrible	horrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 shouts	punct
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 shouts	nsubj
17	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 horrible	parataxis
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 Toad	case
19	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 shouts	obl
20	!	!	PUNCT	_	14 horrible	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 horrible	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tamp	gerund							vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	shout speech: express in a quote	present	Rhys					at Toad	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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: (tamping = furious) What's fairer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 tamping	punct
2	tamping	tamping	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fairer	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 furious	punct
4	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tamping	conj
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 tamping	punct
6	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 fairer	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fairer	cop
8	fairer	fair	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 fairer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	tamping					fair property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She is clever and sharp, though she does shout; but Toad is so proud and rude that anyone would lose patience with him

The tree, 23 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	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	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sharp	cc
5	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 clever	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 shout	punct
7	though	though	SCONJ	_	10 shout	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 shout	nsubj
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 shout	aux
10	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 clever	conj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 proud	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 proud	cc
13	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 proud	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 proud	cop
15	so	so	ADV	_	16 proud	advmod
16	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 clever	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 rude	cc
18	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 proud	conj
19	that	that	SCONJ	_	22 lose	mark
20	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	22 lose	nsubj
21	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 lose	aux
22	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 proud	advcl
23	patience	patience	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 lose	obj
24	with	with	ADP	_	25 him	case
25	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 lose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	She		clever property	tree rules
2	be		She not said here			tree rules
3	shout speech: express	present · do-support	she			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	Toad		proud property	tree rules
5	be		Toad not said here			tree rules
6	lose	would	anyone	patience	with Toad	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patience=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She is kind and clever; she snaps only because Toad is rude and proud

The tree, 14 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	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	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 clever	cc
5	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kind	conj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 snaps	punct
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 snaps	nsubj
8	snaps	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 kind	conj
9	only	only	ADV	_	13 rude	advmod
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 rude	mark
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 rude	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 rude	cop
13	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 snaps	advcl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 proud	cc
15	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 rude	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	She	kind property	tree rules
2	be		She not said here		tree rules
3	snap	present	she		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
4	is	present	Toad	rude property	tree rules
5	be		Toad not said here		tree rules

Option 3

She is a bit sharp, but she is only trying to help Toad

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	5 sharp	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sharp	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sharp	obl:unmarked
5	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 trying	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 trying	cc
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 trying	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 trying	aux
10	only	only	ADV	_	11 trying	advmod
11	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 sharp	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 help	mark
13	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 trying	xcomp
14	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	She		a bit obl:unmarked; sharp property	tree rules
2	try	present · progressive	she			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	help not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	Toad		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Beneficiary

Option 4

She is kind and clever, and she only snaps at Toad because he has been rude and proud to her and the others

The tree, 23 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	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	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 clever	cc
5	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kind	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 snaps	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 snaps	cc
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 snaps	nsubj
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 snaps	advmod
10	snaps	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 kind	conj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 Toad	case
12	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 snaps	obl
13	because	because	SCONJ	_	17 rude	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 rude	nsubj
15	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 rude	aux
16	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 rude	cop
17	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 snaps	advcl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 proud	cc
19	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 rude	conj
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 her	case
21	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 proud	obl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 others	cc
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 others	det
24	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 kind	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	She		kind property	tree rules
2	be		She not said here			tree rules
3	snap	present	she		at Toad	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at toad=Location
4	is	present · perfect	Toad		rude property	tree rules
5	be		Toad not said here	her = she		tree rules

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