Test 5 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 3: Toad's Adve…

Why is it funny that the clerk says Toad must be «pretty well known» there?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, clerk · What happens: be, say, know · To what, where: Toad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 funny	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 funny	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 funny	nsubj
4	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 says	ccomp
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 says	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 clerk	det
7	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 known	nsubj:pass
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 known	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 known	aux:pass
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 known	punct
13	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	14 well	advmod
14	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 known	advmod
15	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 says	ccomp
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 known	punct
17	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 known	advmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	it			funny property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	the clerk				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	know in a quote	must · passive		Toad	there	well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=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

He means the clerk knows his face well

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 clerk	det
4	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knows	nsubj
5	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 face	nmod:poss
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knows	obj
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 knows	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	He						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	know	present	the clerk	clerk's face				well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He means well known as a cheat, not famous

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	4 known	nsubj:pass
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 known	aux:pass
3	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 known	advmod
4	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 cheat	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cheat	det
7	cheat	cheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 known	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 famous	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 famous	advmod
10	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cheat	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present · passive		He				as a cheat; well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as cheat=Attribute

Option 3

He is famous for his motor-car

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	3 famous	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 famous	cop
3	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	8 car	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 car	nmod:poss
6	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 car	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 motor	punct
8	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 famous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					for his motor car; famous property	tree rules

Option 4

It is a compliment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 compliment	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 compliment	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 compliment	det
4	compliment	compliment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a compliment					tree rules

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