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

Hamish from Dundee: «aye, the auld gentleman was polite tae Toad.» (aye = yes; auld = old; tae = to) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hamish, tae · What happens: be, put · To what, where: aye

This is test 3 · ★ 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: Hamish from Dundee: «aye, the auld gentleman was polite tae Toad.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hamish	Hamish	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 polite	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Dundee	case
3	Dundee	Dundee	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Hamish	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 polite	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 polite	punct
6	aye	aye	INTJ	_	12 polite	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 aye	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gentleman	det
9	auld	auld	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 gentleman	amod
10	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 polite	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 polite	cop
12	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	tae	tae	ADP	Foreign=Yes	14 Toad	case
14	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 polite	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 polite	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 polite	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	Hamish from Dundee					tae Toad; polite 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: (aye = yes; auld = old; tae = to) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 aye	punct
2	aye	aye	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	=	=	SYM	_	6 auld	punct
4	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 auld	discourse
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 yes	punct
6	auld	auld	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 aye	appos
7	=	=	SYM	_	8 old	punct
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 auld	conj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 Put	punct
10	tae	tae	X	Foreign=Yes	14 Put	nsubj
11	=	=	SYM	_	14 Put	punct
12	to	to	SCONJ	_	14 Put	mark
13	)	)	PUNCT	_	12 to	punct
14	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 aye	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 Put	obj
16	right	right	ADV	_	14 Put	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 aye	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	to-infinitive	tae	aye				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He poked Toad and called him a fool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 poked	nsubj
2	poked	poke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 poked	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 called	cc
5	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 poked	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 called	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fool	det
8	fool	fool	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poke	past	He	Toad					vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.instrument PP.theme»: agent=Agent toad=Instrument
2	call	past	He not said here		Toad				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He prodded Toad, pushed him off and called him «my good woman»

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 prodded	nsubj
2	prodded	prod	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 prodded	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 pushed	punct
5	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 prodded	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 pushed	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	5 pushed	compound:prt
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 called	cc
9	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 prodded	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 called	obj
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 woman	punct
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 woman	nmod:poss
13	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 woman	amod
14	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 called	xcomp
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 woman	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	prod	past	He	Toad		vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Experiencer
2	push off	past	He not said here	Toad		vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	call	past	He not said here		Toad	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 3

He tipped his hat and bowed to Toad politely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tipped	nsubj
2	tipped	tip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hat	nmod:poss
4	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tipped	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 bowed	cc
6	bowed	bow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 tipped	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Toad	case
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 bowed	obl:agent
9	politely	politely	ADV	_	6 bowed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tip	past	He	his hat					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Theme
2	bow	participle	He not said here					politely property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He called him sir

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	obj
4	sir	sir	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	He		him = he				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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