Test 1 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adve…

«Toad was gutted the driver grassed him up.» (gutted = very disappointed; grassed up = told on) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: driver · What happens: gut, grass up, tell on, put · To what, where: Toad, driver

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 55 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adventures (the chase, the tunnel and the night wood)» 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: «Toad was gutted the driver grassed him up.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 gutted	punct
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gutted	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gutted	aux:pass
4	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 driver	det
6	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grassed	nsubj
7	grassed	grass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gutted	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 grassed	obj
9	up	up	ADP	_	7 grassed	compound:prt
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gutted	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 gutted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gut in a quote	past · passive		Toad					vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source
2	grass up in a quote	past	the driver		Toad				vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Destination

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: (gutted = very disappointed; grassed up = told on) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 disappointed	punct
2	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 disappointed	amod
3	=	=	SYM	_	5 disappointed	punct
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 disappointed	advmod
5	disappointed	disappointed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 grassed	punct
7	grassed	grass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 Put	advcl
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 grassed	compound:prt
9	=	=	SYM	_	10 told	punct
10	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 grassed	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	10 told	compound:prt
12	)	)	PUNCT	_	10 told	punct
13	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 disappointed	parataxis
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 Put	obj
15	right	right	ADV	_	13 Put	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 disappointed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	gut	participle			vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	grass up	participle			vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
3	tell on speech: assert	participle			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	put	infinitive	driver	right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1

Toad was delighted, since the driver had told the warders where to find him in the morning

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 delighted	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 delighted	cop
3	delighted	delighted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 told	punct
5	since	since	SCONJ	_	9 told	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 driver	det
7	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 told	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 told	aux
9	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 delighted	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 warders	det
11	warders	warder	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 told	obj
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 find	advmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 find	mark
14	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 told	ccomp
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 find	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 morning	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 morning	det
18	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Toad			delighted property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		the driver			tree rules
3	find not said to happen	to-infinitive		driver	morning		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic

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

The driver did not give him up; he helped him escape

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 driver	det
2	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 give	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 give	advmod
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 give	iobj
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 give	compound:prt
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 helped	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 helped	nsubj
10	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 give	advcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 helped	obj
12	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 helped	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	not give up	past · do-support	the driver		him = he	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Source
2	help	past	driver	him = he		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	escape	infinitive	him = he not said here			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The driver did not give him up; he stopped the train and helped him escape into the wood at once

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 driver	det
2	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 give	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 give	advmod
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 give	iobj
7	up	up	ADP	_	5 give	compound:prt
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 stopped	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 stopped	nsubj
10	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 give	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 train	det
12	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stopped	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 helped	cc
14	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 stopped	conj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 helped	obj
16	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 helped	xcomp
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 wood	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 wood	det
19	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 escape	obl
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 once	case
21	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	16 escape	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	not give up	past · do-support	the driver		him = he		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Source
2	stop	past	driver	the train			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector train=Eventuality
3	help	past	driver not said here	driver			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
4	escape	infinitive	driver not said here			the wood	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into wood=Initial_Location

Option 4

The driver reported Toad to the warders at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 driver	det
2	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reported	nsubj
3	reported	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 reported	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 warders	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 warders	det
7	warders	warder	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reported	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 reported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	past	the driver	Toad	the warders				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent toad=Topic to warder=Recipient

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