Test 1 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All…

«Ratty's salty cos the mice won't come for a picnic.» (salty = annoyed) Is that fair?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mice, salty · What happens: not come, be

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 56 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All (change in the air)» 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: «Ratty's salty cos the mice won't come for a picnic.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 salty	punct
2	Ratty	Ratty	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 salty	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Ratty	case
4	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	10 come	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mice	det
7	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 come	nsubj
8	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 come	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 come	advmod
10	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 salty	ccomp
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 picnic	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 picnic	det
13	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 come	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 salty	punct
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 salty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not come in a quote	future	the mice					for a picnic	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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: (salty = annoyed) Is that fair?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 salty	punct
2	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fair	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 annoyed	punct
4	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 salty	conj
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 salty	punct
6	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fair	cop
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 fair	nsubj
8	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 fair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	salty					fair property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No, because the mice never once asked him to join them, and he came only to complain about their packing and their plans

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 asked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 asked	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 asked	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mice	det
5	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 asked	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 once	advmod
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 mice	advmod
8	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 asked	iobj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 join	mark
11	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 asked	xcomp
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 join	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 came	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 came	cc
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 came	nsubj
16	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 asked	conj
17	only	only	ADV	_	19 complain	advmod
18	to	to	PART	_	19 complain	mark
19	complain	complain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 came	advcl
20	about	about	ADP	_	22 packing	case
21	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 packing	nmod:poss
22	packing	packing	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 complain	obl
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 plans	cc
24	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 plans	nmod:poss
25	plans	plan	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 packing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the mice		him = he		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	join not said to happen	to-infinitive	the mice not said here	mice = mouse			vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
3	come	past	he				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	complain speech: other	to-infinitive	he not said here			about mice's packing and mice's plans	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about packing=Topic
5	plan		mice = mouse				nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yes: they're too busy packing, and he grumbles and stomps off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 packing	discourse
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 packing	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 packing	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 busy	advmod
6	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 packing	amod
7	packing	packing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 grumbles	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 grumbles	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 grumbles	nsubj
11	grumbles	grumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 packing	parataxis
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 stomps	cc
13	stomps	stomp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 grumbles	conj
14	off	off	ADP	_	13 stomps	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	they	busy packing	tree rules
2	grumble speech: other	present	he		vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	stomp off	present	he not said here		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, though he should really have helped them pack, and they weren't rude to him at all in the end, sadly

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 helped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 helped	punct
3	though	though	SCONJ	_	8 helped	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 helped	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 helped	aux
6	really	really	ADV	_	8 helped	advmod
7	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 helped	aux
8	helped	help	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 helped	obj
10	pack	pack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 helped	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 rude	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 rude	cc
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 rude	nsubj
14	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 rude	cop
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 rude	advmod
16	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 helped	conj
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 rude	obl
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 all	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 rude	obl
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 end	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 end	det
23	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 all	nmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 sadly	punct
25	sadly	sadly	ADV	_	8 helped	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	help	should · perfect	he	them = they			sadly property	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	pack	infinitive	them = they not said here					vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme
3	not is	past	they		him = he	all	rude property	tree rules

Option 4

No: the mice invited him and he refused the picnic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 mice	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 mice	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mice	det
4	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 invited	nsubj
5	invited	invite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 invited	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 refused	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 refused	nsubj
9	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 invited	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 picnic	det
11	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 refused	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invite	past	no mice		him = he				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	refuse	past	he	the picnic					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picnic=Theme

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