Test 10 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 3: Toad's Adve…
Looking back: in chapter VI, Toad paid his bill at the Red Lion before he took the car. Where did that money come from?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Toad, money · What happens: look back, pay, take, bill, come · To what, where: bill, car
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 54 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 3: Toad's Adventures (no money, no pocket, and the engine-driver)» 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: in chapter VI, Toad paid his bill at the Red Lion before he took the car.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 paid | advcl |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 chapter | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 chapter | case |
| 5 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl |
| 6 | VI | VI | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 5 chapter | flat |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Looking | punct |
| 8 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 paid | nsubj |
| 9 | paid | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 bill | nmod:poss |
| 11 | bill | bill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 paid | obj |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 Lion | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Lion | det |
| 14 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Lion | compound |
| 15 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 paid | obl |
| 16 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 18 took | mark |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 took | nsubj |
| 18 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 paid | advcl |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 car | det |
| 20 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 took | obj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 paid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | Toad not said here | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pay | past | Toad | Toad's bill | at the Red Lion | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Asset | |||
| 3 | take | past | Toad | the car | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme | ||||
| 4 | bill | Toad | nom bill «communication transitive»: poss=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: Where did that money come from?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 5 come | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 come | aux |
| 3 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 money | det |
| 4 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 come | nsubj |
| 5 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 come | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 come | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past · do-support | that money | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
From a small safe in the Red Lion inn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | From | from | SCONJ | _ | 4 safe | mark |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 safe | det |
| 3 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 safe | amod |
| 4 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 inn | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 inn | det |
| 7 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 inn | compound |
| 8 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 inn | compound |
| 9 | inn | Inn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 safe | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
From the Mole, who had lent him the money in a small envelope the day before the motor-car ride began
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | From | from | ADP | _ | 3 Mole | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Mole | det |
| 3 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 began | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 lent | punct |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 lent | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 lent | aux |
| 7 | lent | lend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 Mole | acl:relcl |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 lent | obj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 money | det |
| 10 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lent | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 envelope | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 envelope | det |
| 13 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 envelope | amod |
| 14 | envelope | envelope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lent | obl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 day | det |
| 16 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 envelope | nmod:unmarked |
| 17 | before | before | ADP | _ | 22 ride | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 ride | det |
| 19 | motor | motor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 car | compound |
| 20 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 19 motor | punct |
| 21 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 ride | compound |
| 22 | ride | ride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lent | obl |
| 23 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lend | past · perfect | the Mole | the money | Mole | a small envelope the day | before the car ride | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient money=Theme | |
| 2 | begin | past | the Mole | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 3
From his pocket-book at home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | From | from | ADP | _ | 5 book | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 book | nmod:poss |
| 3 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 book | compound | ||
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 pocket | punct |
| 5 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 home | case |
| 7 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 book | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A small drawer in his dressing-table at Toad Hall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 drawer | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 drawer | amod |
| 3 | drawer | drawer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 table | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 table | nmod:poss |
| 6 | dressing | dressing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 table | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 dressing | punct |
| 8 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drawer | nmod |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 Hall | case |
| 10 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Hall | compound |
| 11 | Hall | Hall | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 table | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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