Test 8 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adve…

«Half a pair of socks» — what is the joke?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pair · What happens: be · To what, where: joke

This is test 8 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 pair	punct
2	Half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	4 pair	det:predet
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pair	det
4	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 socks	case
6	socks	sock	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pair	nmod
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 pair	punct
8	—	-	PUNCT	_	12 joke	punct
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 joke	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 joke	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 joke	det
12	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pair	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 pair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	half pair of socks and the joke	the joke					tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice

It means the laundry lost one sock of two

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	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 laundry	det
4	laundry	laundry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	nsubj
5	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 sock	nummod
7	sock	sock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 two	case
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 sock	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lose	past	the laundry	one sock of two					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sock=Eventuality

Option 2

The fox says the washerwoman has lost one sock, which is why the pair is broken

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 washerwoman	det
5	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lost	nsubj:pass
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lost	aux
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 says	ccomp
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 sock	nummod
9	sock	sock	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lost	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 why	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 why	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 why	cop
13	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 sock	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 pair	det
15	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 broken	nsubj:pass
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 broken	aux:pass
17	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 why	advcl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the fox			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lose	present · perfect · passive		the washerwoman		tree rules
3	is	present	one sock		why property	tree rules
4	break	present · passive		the pair		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Half a pair is one sock, as if the washerwoman lost one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	3 pair	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pair	det
3	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sock	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sock	cop
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 sock	nummod
6	sock	sock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lost	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 lost	mark
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 lost	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 washerwoman	det
11	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lost	nsubj
12	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sock	conj
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	half pair	one sock					tree rules
2	lose a condition, not said to happen	past	the washerwoman	one					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality

Option 4

The fox means that Toad has stolen half of a pair of socks from the laundry of the inn

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 stolen	mark
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 stolen	nsubj:pass
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stolen	aux
7	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 means	ccomp
8	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	7 stolen	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 pair	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pair	det
11	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 half	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 socks	case
13	socks	sock	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 pair	nmod
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 laundry	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 laundry	det
16	laundry	laundry	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stolen	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 inn	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 inn	det
19	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 laundry	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	the fox						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	steal	present · perfect · passive		Toad		the laundry of the inn			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary half=Theme

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