Test 7 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 3: Toad's Adve…
«Driver's sus, he's just being nice to get free washing.» (sus = suspicious) What's fairer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sus · What happens: be, get · To what, where: free washing
This is test 7 · ★ 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: «Driver's sus, he's just being nice to get free washing.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 nice | punct |
| 2 | Driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sus | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Driver | case |
| 4 | sus | sus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 nice | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sus | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 nice | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 nice | cop |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 nice | advmod |
| 9 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 nice | cop |
| 10 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 get | mark |
| 12 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 nice | xcomp |
| 13 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 washing | amod |
| 14 | washing | washing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 get | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 nice | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 nice | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Driver's sus | nice property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get in a quote | to-infinitive | Driver's sus not said here | free washing | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer washing=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.
Sentence 2: (sus = suspicious) What's fairer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 4 suspicious | punct |
| 2 | sus | sus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 suspicious | nsubj |
| 3 | = | = | SYM | _ | 4 suspicious | punct |
| 4 | suspicious | suspicious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 4 suspicious | punct |
| 6 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 fairer | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 fairer | cop |
| 8 | fairer | fair | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 suspicious | conj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 suspicious | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fair property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He's a thief
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 thief | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 thief | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 thief | det |
| 4 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | a thief | tree rules |
Option 2
He is a cheap man who wants free shirts
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 | 5 man | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 man | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 man | det |
| 4 | cheap | cheap | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 man | amod |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 wants | nsubj |
| 7 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 man | acl:relcl |
| 8 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 shirts | amod |
| 9 | shirts | shirt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 wants | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | a cheap man | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | want | present | a cheap man | free shirts | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot shirt=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He's kind; a few shirts is a fair swap for a ride
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 kind | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 kind | cop |
| 3 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 kind | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 shirts | det |
| 6 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 shirts | amod |
| 7 | shirts | shirt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 swap | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 swap | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 swap | det |
| 10 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 swap | amod |
| 11 | swap | swap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kind | parataxis |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 ride | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 ride | det |
| 14 | ride | ride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 swap | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | kind property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | a few shirts | a fair swap | for a ride | tree rules |
Option 4
He is greedy and wants shirts for free
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 greedy | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 greedy | cop |
| 3 | greedy | greedy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 wants | cc |
| 5 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 greedy | conj |
| 6 | shirts | shirt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wants | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 free | case |
| 8 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 wants | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | greedy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | want | present | He not said here | shirts | for free | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot shirt=Theme |
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