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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 gives | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 5 driver | case |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 driver | det |
| 5 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 6 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 reasons | nummod |
| 8 | reasons | reason | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 gives | obj |
| 9 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 10 helping | mark |
| 10 | helping | help | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 gives | advcl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 gives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | ★ ★ the driver | three reasons | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | ||||
| 2 | help | gerund | ★ ★ the driver not said here | vn 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 one | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 one | cop |
| 3 | NOT | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 one | advmod |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 them | case |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 one | nmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 one | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | one | of reasons = reason | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He once was jailed himself and feels sorry for every fugitive who runs
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 jailed | nsubj |
| 2 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 jailed | advmod |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 jailed | aux:pass |
| 4 | jailed | jail | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 jailed | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 feels | cc |
| 7 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 jailed | conj |
| 8 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 feels | xcomp |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 fugitive | case |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 fugitive | det |
| 11 | fugitive | fugitive | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 jailed | obl |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 runs | nsubj |
| 13 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 fugitive | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jail | past · passive | He | for every fugitive; once property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | feel | present | sorry property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | run | present | every fugitive | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He wants Toad to pay him in gold
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 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 pay | mark |
| 5 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 pay | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 gold | case |
| 8 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | He | Toad | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pay not said to happen | to-infinitive | Toad not said here | Toad | gold | vn 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
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 thinks | nsubj |
| 2 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 warders | det |
| 4 | warders | warder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cruel | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cruel | cop |
| 6 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 thinks | ccomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 wishes | cc |
| 8 | wishes | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 thinks | conj |
| 9 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 wishes | obj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 escape | mark |
| 11 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 wishes | xcomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 cell | det |
| 13 | cell | cell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 escape | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | He | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the warders | cruel property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | wish | present | He not said here | Toad | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | escape not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | the cell | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cell=Initial_Location |
Option 4
He pities Toad's lonely plight
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 pities | nsubj |
| 2 | pities | pity | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 plight | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Toad | case |
| 5 | lonely | lonely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 plight | amod |
| 6 | plight | plight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pities | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pity | present | He | Toad's lonely plight | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plight=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | plight | Toad | nom plight «state transitive»: poss=agent |
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