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

«Clerk sold Toad a ticket cos he's famous.» Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Clerk, you · What happens: sell, be, put · To what, where: ticket cos, Toad, cos

This is test 2 · ★ 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: «Clerk sold Toad a ticket cos he's famous.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 sold	punct
2	Clerk	Clerk	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sold	nsubj
3	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sold	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cos	det
6	ticket	ticket	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cos	compound
7	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	obj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 famous	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 famous	cop
10	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sold	parataxis
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sold	punct
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 sold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell in a quote	past	Clerk	a ticket cos	Toad				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent toad=Recipient cos=Theme
2	is in a quote	present	Clerk					famous 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.

Sentence 2: Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	cos				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The clerk laughed and sent him away from the window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clerk	det
2	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 laughed	nsubj
3	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sent	cc
5	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 laughed	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sent	obj
7	away	away	ADV	_	5 sent	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 window	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 window	det
10	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	the clerk						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	send away	past	the clerk not said here	clerk		the window		away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme from window=Source

Option 2

The clerk sold him a ticket straight away because the famous Toad was so well known along the whole line that he needed no money

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clerk	det
2	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	nsubj
3	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sold	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ticket	det
6	ticket	ticket	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	obj
7	straight	straight	ADV	_	8 away	advmod
8	away	away	ADV	_	3 sold	advmod
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	16 known	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Toad	det
11	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Toad	amod
12	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 known	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 known	aux:pass
14	so	so	ADV	_	15 well	advmod
15	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 known	advmod
16	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sold	advcl
17	along	along	ADP	_	20 line	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 line	det
19	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 line	amod
20	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 known	obl
21	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 needed	obj
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 needed	nsubj
23	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 line	acl:relcl
24	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	25 money	det
25	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 needed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	the clerk	a ticket	him = he			away property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient ticket=Theme
2	know	past · passive		the famous Toad				along the whole line; well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus
3	need	past	Toad	the whole line					tree rules

Option 3

The clerk sold him a ticket at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clerk	det
2	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	nsubj
3	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sold	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ticket	det
6	ticket	ticket	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	the clerk	a ticket	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient ticket=Theme at once=Asset

Option 4

The clerk asked for his name and gave a ticket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clerk	det
2	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 name	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 name	nmod:poss
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gave	cc
8	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 asked	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 ticket	det
10	ticket	ticket	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the clerk					for clerk's name	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	give	past	the clerk not said here	a ticket					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ticket=Theme
3	name		clerk						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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