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Test 15 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 2: Wayfarers All…

★★★ «his Mountains of the Moon». Why does the author give the low Downs such a grand name?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: author · What happens: give · To what, where: low Downs

This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 57 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 2: Wayfarers All (the swallows and the call of the South)» 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: ★★★ «his Mountains of the Moon».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 Mountains	punct
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 Mountains	nmod:poss
6	Mountains	Mountain	PROPN	Number=Plur	1 ★	appos
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Moon	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Moon	det
9	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Mountains	nmod
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 Mountains	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 ★	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: Why does the author give the low Downs such a grand name?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 give	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 give	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 author	det
4	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	nsubj
5	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Downs	det
7	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Downs	amod
8	Downs	Down	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 give	obj
9	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	12 name	det:predet
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 name	det
11	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 name	amod
12	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Downs	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · do-support	the author	the low Downs					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent down=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He thought they were the edge of land

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 edge	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 edge	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 edge	det
6	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	ccomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 land	case
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 edge	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	they	the edge				of land	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

For the Rat they were as far as the end of the world

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	7 far	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Rat	det
3	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 far	nsubj
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 far	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 far	cop
6	as	as	ADV	_	7 far	advmod
7	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 end	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 end	det
10	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 far	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 world	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 world	det
13	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Rat				as the end of the world	far property	tree rules

Option 3

To him they seemed the edge of all land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	2 him	case
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 seemed	obl
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 seemed	nsubj
4	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 edge	det
6	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seemed	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 land	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 land	det
9	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 edge	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	past	they	the edge of all land	him = he				vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme edge=Attribute

Option 4

They were grand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grand	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grand	cop
3	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	They					grand property	tree rules

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