Test 9 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All…

What does the field-mouse's stiff remark «If people would be more careful» show?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: people, field mouse · What happens: do, be, remark · To what, where: stiff remark

This is test 9 · ★ 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	2 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def 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	9 remark	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 mouse	case
8	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 remark	amod
9	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 careful	punct
11	If	if	SCONJ	_	16 careful	mark
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 careful	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 careful	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 careful	cop
15	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	16 careful	advmod
16	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 show	amod
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 careful	punct
18	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	present		the field mouse's stiff remark	careful show obl	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remark=Eventuality
2	is a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	would	people		careful property	tree rules
3	remark		the field mouse			nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The busy mice are short-tempered and won't stop for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mice	det
2	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mice	amod
3	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tempered	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tempered	aux:pass
5	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tempered	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 short	punct
7	tempered	temper	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 stop	cc
9	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 stop	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 stop	advmod
11	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 tempered	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	temper	present · passive		the busy mice					tree rules
2	not stop	future						for him = he	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

The mice dislike the Rat for his cheek

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mice	det
2	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dislike	nsubj
3	dislike	dislike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dislike	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 cheek	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cheek	nmod:poss
8	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dislike	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dislike	present	the mice	the Rat				for his cheek	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer rat=Stimulus for cheek=Attribute

Option 3

The busy mice are short-tempered, and they show it because the Rat has never once helped them pack, not in all his life

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mice	det
2	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mice	amod
3	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tempered	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tempered	aux:pass
5	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tempered	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 short	punct
7	tempered	temper	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 show	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 show	cc
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 show	nsubj
11	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tempered	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 show	obj
13	because	because	SCONJ	_	16 has	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Rat	det
15	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 has	nsubj
16	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 show	advcl
17	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	18 once	advmod
18	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	16 has	advmod
19	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 tempered	conj
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 helped	obj
21	pack	pack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 helped	xcomp
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 life	punct
23	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	27 life	advmod
24	in	in	ADP	_	27 life	case
25	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	27 life	det:predet
26	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 life	nmod:poss
27	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 pack	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	temper	present · passive		the busy mice			tree rules
2	show	present	mice = mouse	it			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
3	have	present	the Rat			once property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	help	past		mice = mouse			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme
5	pack	infinitive	mice = mouse not said here		Rat's life		vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in life=Destination

Option 4

The mice are sleepy and want their beds now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mice	det
2	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sleepy	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sleepy	cop
4	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 want	cc
6	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sleepy	conj
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 beds	nmod:poss
8	beds	bed	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 want	obj
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 want	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the mice					sleepy property	tree rules
2	want	present	the mice not said here	mice's beds			now		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bed=Theme

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