Test 13 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 3: Wayfarers All…
Looking back: in chapter I, which riverside creatures did the Rat complain were «always wanting you to do something»?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: riverside creatures, Rat, you · What happens: look back, do, complain, want · To what, where: you, something · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 58 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 3: Wayfarers All (the Sea Rat from Constantinople)» 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 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 wanting | advcl |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 chapter | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 chapter | case |
| 5 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 chapter | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 did | punct |
| 8 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 10 creatures | det |
| 9 | riverside | riverside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 creatures | compound |
| 10 | creatures | creature | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 did | nsubj |
| 11 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 chapter | parataxis |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Rat | det |
| 13 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 complain | nsubj |
| 14 | complain | complain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 did | ccomp |
| 15 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 wanting | aux |
| 16 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 18 wanting | punct |
| 17 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 18 wanting | advmod |
| 18 | wanting | want | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 wanting | obj |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 do | mark |
| 21 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 wanting | xcomp |
| 22 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 21 do | obj |
| 23 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 18 wanting | punct |
| 24 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 18 wanting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme | |||||
| 2 | do | past | which riverside creatures | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | complain speech: other | present | the Rat | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | want in a quote | past · progressive | you | always property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | do not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | something | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
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
Otters, kingfishers, dabchicks, moorhens and the heron that always stands by the weir
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Otters | otter | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 kingfishers | punct |
| 3 | kingfishers | kingfisher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Otters | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 dabchicks | punct |
| 5 | dabchicks | dabchick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Otters | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 moorhens | punct |
| 7 | moorhens | moorhen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Otters | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 heron | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 heron | det |
| 10 | heron | heron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Otters | conj |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 stands | nsubj |
| 12 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 13 stands | advmod |
| 13 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 heron | acl:relcl |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 weir | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 weir | det |
| 16 | weir | weir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 stands | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | present | the heron | by the weir; always property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by weir=Location |
Option 2
Badgers, weasels and foxes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Badgers | badger | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 weasels | punct |
| 3 | weasels | weasel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Badgers | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 foxes | cc |
| 5 | foxes | fox | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Badgers | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Moles, hedgehogs, badgers and stoats
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moles | mole | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 hedgehogs | punct |
| 3 | hedgehogs | hedgehog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Moles | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 badgers | punct |
| 5 | badgers | badger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Moles | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 stoats | cc |
| 7 | stoats | stoat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Moles | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Otters, kingfishers, dabchicks and moorhens
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Otters | otter | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 kingfishers | punct |
| 3 | kingfishers | kingfisher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Otters | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 dabchicks | punct |
| 5 | dabchicks | dabchick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Otters | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 moorhens | cc |
| 7 | moorhens | moorhen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Otters | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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