Test 16 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 2: Wayfarers All…
★★★ In chapter V a smell called the Mole home; here talk calls the Rat away. Which is the right pair?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: smell, talk · What happens: call, call away, be · To what, where: Mole, Rat, right pair · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 16 · ★ 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: ★★★ In chapter V a smell called the Mole home; here talk calls the Rat away.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | In | in | ADP | _ | 5 chapter | case |
| 5 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | nmod |
| 6 | V | v | ADP | _ | 8 smell | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 smell | det |
| 8 | smell | smell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 chapter | nmod |
| 9 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 smell | acl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Mole | det |
| 11 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 called | xcomp |
| 12 | home | home | ADV | _ | 11 Mole | advmod |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 calls | punct |
| 14 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 calls | advmod |
| 15 | talk | talk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 calls | nsubj |
| 16 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 ★ | parataxis |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Rat | det |
| 18 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 calls | obj |
| 19 | away | away | ADV | _ | 16 calls | advmod |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ★ | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | participle | a smell not said here | the Mole | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | call away speech: assert | present | talk | the Rat | here | away property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rat=Recipient |
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: Which is the right pair?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 pair | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 pair | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pair | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 pair | amod |
| 5 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 pair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the right pair | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Mole: pushed outward; Rat: pushed inward
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pushed | compound |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mole | punct |
| 3 | pushed | push | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 Rat | amod |
| 4 | outward | outward | ADV | _ | 3 pushed | advmod |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 pushed | punct |
| 6 | Rat | rat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 pushed | punct |
| 8 | pushed | push | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 Rat | acl |
| 9 | inward | inward | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 pushed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | participle | outward property | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | push | participle | pushed Rat not said here | inward property | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Mole: pulled homewards; Rat: pulled away from home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pulled | compound |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mole | punct |
| 3 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 Rat | amod |
| 4 | homewards | homeward | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pulled | obj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 pulled | punct |
| 6 | Rat | rat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 pulled | punct |
| 8 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 Rat | acl |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 8 pulled | advmod |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 home | case |
| 11 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pulled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | participle | homewards | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homeward=Theme | |||||
| 2 | pull away | participle | pulled Rat not said here | home | away property | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from home=Source |
Option 3
Mole: pulled away; Rat: pulled home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pulled | compound |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mole | punct |
| 3 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 Rat | amod |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 pulled | advmod |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 pulled | punct |
| 6 | Rat | rat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 pulled | punct |
| 8 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 Rat | acl |
| 9 | home | home | ADV | _ | 8 pulled | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull away | participle | away property | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | pull | participle | pulled Rat not said here | home property | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Mole: lost; Rat: found
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | compound |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mole | punct |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 Rat | amod |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 Rat | punct |
| 5 | Rat | rat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 found | punct |
| 7 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 Rat | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | find | participle | lost Rat not said here | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent |
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