Test 5 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All…
What would a field-mouse probably say if the Rat came back next week?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: field mouse, Rat · What happens: say, come back · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 mouse | det |
| 4 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mouse | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 field | punct |
| 6 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 would | nsubj |
| 7 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 8 say | advmod |
| 8 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 mouse | acl:relcl |
| 9 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 12 came | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Rat | det |
| 11 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 came | nsubj |
| 12 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 say | ccomp |
| 13 | back | back | ADV | _ | 12 came | advmod |
| 14 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 week | amod |
| 15 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 came | obl:unmarked |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a field mouse not said here | probably property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | come back a condition, not said to happen | past | the Rat | week | 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
We'd love a picnic next week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 love | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 love | aux |
| 3 | love | love | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 picnic | det |
| 5 | picnic | picnic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 love | obj |
| 6 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 week | amod |
| 7 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 love | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | would | We | a picnic | week | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer picnic=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Still too busy, perhaps another day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Still | still | ADV | _ | 3 busy | advmod |
| 2 | too | too | ADV | _ | 3 busy | advmod |
| 3 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 day | punct |
| 5 | perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 7 day | advmod |
| 6 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 busy | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Yes, of course
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 of | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | root | root |
| 4 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 of | fixed |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Sorry, the machines are coming
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 6 coming | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sorry | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 machines | det |
| 4 | machines | machine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 coming | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 coming | aux |
| 6 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present · progressive | the machines | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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