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Test 16 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adve…

★★★ The driver gives three reasons for helping. Which is NOT one of them?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ · What happens: give, help, not be · To what, where: three reasons, one

This is test 16 · ★ 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: ★★★ The driver gives three reasons for helping.

nsubjdepcasedetnmodnummodobjmarkadvclpunctroot★PROPN★X★ADPTheDETdriverNOUNgivesVERBthreeNUMreasonsNOUNforSCONJhelpingVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1★★PROPNNumber=Sing6 givesnsubj
2★★XForeign=Yes1 ★dep
3★★ADP_5 drivercase
4ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 driverdet
5driverdriverNOUNNumber=Sing1 ★nmod
6givesgiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7threethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card8 reasonsnummod
8reasonsreasonNOUNNumber=Plur6 givesobj
9forforSCONJ_10 helpingmark
10helpinghelpVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 givesadvcl
11..PUNCT_6 givespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1givepresent★ ★ the driverthree reasonsvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2helpgerund★ ★ the driver not said herevn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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: Which is NOT one of them?

nsubjcopadvmodcasenmodpunctrootWhichPRONisAUXNOTPARToneNUMofADPthemPRON?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhichwhichPRONPronType=Rel4 onensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 onecop
3NOTnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 oneadvmod
4oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Cardrootroot
5ofofADP_6 themcase
6themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs4 onenmod
7??PUNCT_4 onepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not is apresentoneof reasons = reasontree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He once was jailed himself and feels sorry for every fugitive who runs

nsubjadvmodaux:passobjccconjxcompcasedetoblnsubjacl:relclrootHePRONonceADVwasAUXjailedVERBhimselfPRONandCCONJfeelsVERBsorryADJforADPeveryDETfugitiveNOUNwhoPRONrunsVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 jailednsubj
2onceonceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult4 jailedadvmod
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 jailedaux:pass
4jailedjailVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes4 jailedobj
6andandCCONJ_7 feelscc
7feelsfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 jailedconj
8sorrysorryADJDegree=Pos7 feelsxcomp
9forforADP_11 fugitivecase
10everyeveryDETPronType=Tot11 fugitivedet
11fugitivefugitiveNOUNNumber=Sing4 jailedobl
12whowhoPRONPronType=Rel13 runsnsubj
13runsrunVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 fugitiveacl:relcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1jailpast · passiveHefor every fugitive; once propertytree rules
2feelpresentsorry propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3runpresentevery fugitivevn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He wants Toad to pay him in gold

nsubjobjmarkxcompobjcaseoblrootHePRONwantsVERBToadPROPNtoPARTpayVERBhimPRONinADPgoldNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 wantsnsubj
2wantswantVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ToadToadPROPNNumber=Sing2 wantsobj
4totoPART_5 paymark
5paypayVERBVerbForm=Inf2 wantsxcomp
6himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 payobj
7ininADP_8 goldcase
8goldgoldNOUNNumber=Sing5 payobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wantpresentHeToadtree rules
2pay not said to happento-infinitiveToad not said hereToadgoldvn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset

Option 3

He thinks the warders are cruel and wishes Toad to escape the cell

nsubjdetnsubjcopccompccconjobjmarkxcompdetobjrootHePRONthinksVERBtheDETwardersNOUNareAUXcruelADJandCCONJwishesVERBToadPROPNtoPARTescapeVERBtheDETcellNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 thinksnsubj
2thinksthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 wardersdet
4warderswarderNOUNNumber=Plur6 cruelnsubj
5arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 cruelcop
6cruelcruelADJDegree=Pos2 thinksccomp
7andandCCONJ_8 wishescc
8wisheswishVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 thinksconj
9ToadToadPROPNNumber=Sing8 wishesobj
10totoPART_11 escapemark
11escapeescapeVERBVerbForm=Inf8 wishesxcomp
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 celldet
13cellcellNOUNNumber=Sing11 escapeobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: otherpresentHevn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2ispresentthe warderscruel propertytree rules
3wishpresentHe not said hereToadtree rules
4escape not said to happento-infinitiveHe not said herethe cellvn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cell=Initial_Location

Option 4

He pities Toad's lonely plight

nsubjnmod:posscaseamodobjrootHePRONpitiesVERBToadPROPN'sPARTlonelyADJplightNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 pitiesnsubj
2pitiespityVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ToadToadPROPNNumber=Sing6 plightnmod:poss
4's'sPART_3 Toadcase
5lonelylonelyADJDegree=Pos6 plightamod
6plightplightNOUNNumber=Sing2 pitiesobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1pitypresentHeToad's lonely plightvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plight=Stimulus
2plightToadnom plight «state transitive»: poss=agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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