Test 9 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adve…

Why does the book say Toad felt «a little humbled»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: book, Toad · What happens: say, feel · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 say	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 book	det
4	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 felt	nsubj
7	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	ccomp
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 humbled	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 little	det
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 humbled	obl:unmarked
11	humbled	humbled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 felt	xcomp
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 humbled	punct
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	the book						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	feel	past	Toad					humbled property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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 · ← Mova's choice

His welcome was really meant for the washerwoman, who was known to all the guards, and not for Toad himself

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 welcome	nmod:poss
2	welcome	welcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 meant	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 meant	aux:pass
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 meant	advmod
5	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 washerwoman	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 washerwoman	det
8	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 meant	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 known	punct
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 known	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 known	aux:pass
12	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 washerwoman	acl:relcl
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 guards	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 guards	det:predet
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 guards	det
16	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 known	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 Toad	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 Toad	cc
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 Toad	advmod
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 Toad	case
21	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 meant	obl
22	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	21 Toad	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	past · passive		His welcome	for the washerwoman; for Toad Toad	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for washerwoman=Attribute
2	know	past · passive		the washerwoman	to all guards	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus
3	welcome		His = he			nom welcome «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The guards greeted him warmly, but the welcome really belonged to the washerwoman, not to a rich Toad from the Hall

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guards	det
2	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 greeted	nsubj
3	greeted	greet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 greeted	obj
5	warmly	warmly	ADV	_	3 greeted	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 belonged	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 belonged	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 welcome	det
9	welcome	welcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 belonged	nsubj
10	really	really	ADV	_	11 belonged	advmod
11	belonged	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 greeted	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 washerwoman	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 washerwoman	det
14	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 belonged	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 Toad	punct
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 Toad	advmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	20 Toad	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 Toad	det
19	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 Toad	amod
20	Toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 greeted	parataxis
21	from	from	ADP	_	23 Hall	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Hall	det
23	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Toad	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	greet speech: greet	past	the guards		him = he			warmly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	belong	past	the welcome					to the washerwoman	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The guards did not care what he had done

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guards	det
2	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 care	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 care	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 care	advmod
5	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 done	obj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 done	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 done	aux
9	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 care	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not care	past · do-support	the guards						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	do	past · perfect	he						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

His welcome was really the washerwoman's, not his own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 welcome	nmod:poss
2	welcome	welcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 washerwoman	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 washerwoman	cop
4	really	really	ADV	_	6 washerwoman	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 washerwoman	det
6	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	's	's	PART	_	6 washerwoman	case
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 own	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 own	advmod
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 own	nmod:poss
11	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 washerwoman	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	His welcome	's the washerwoman	tree rules
2	not be		His welcome not said here		tree rules
3	welcome		His = he		nom welcome «state transitive»: poss=agent

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