Test 2 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 3: Wayfarers All…

«The gadgie's from Norway, like, born there.» (gadgie = bloke) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: bear, put · To what, where: gadgie

This is test 2 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: «The gadgie's from Norway, like, born there.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 gadgie	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 gadgie	det
3	gadgie	gadgie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	's	's	PART	_	3 gadgie	case
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 Norway	case
6	Norway	Norway	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 gadgie	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 gadgie	punct
8	like	like	INTJ	_	3 gadgie	discourse
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 born	punct
10	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 gadgie	conj
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 born	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gadgie	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 gadgie	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear in a quote	participle				there			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

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: (gadgie = bloke) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 gadgie	punct
2	gadgie	gadgie	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Put	obl
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 bloke	punct
4	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gadgie	appos
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 gadgie	punct
6	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 Put	obj
8	right	right	ADV	_	6 Put	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	gadgie				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

His ancestor was Norwegian, but he hails from Constantinople, where he was born and where he first went to sea

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 ancestor	nmod:poss
2	ancestor	ancestor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Norwegian	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Norwegian	cop
4	Norwegian	Norwegian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hails	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 hails	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hails	nsubj
8	hails	hail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Norwegian	conj
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 Constantinople	case
10	Constantinople	Constantinople	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 hails	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 born	punct
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 born	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 born	nsubj:pass
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 born	aux:pass
15	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 Constantinople	acl:relcl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 went	cc
17	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	20 went	advmod
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 went	nsubj
19	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	20 went	advmod
20	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 born	conj
21	to	to	ADP	_	22 sea	case
22	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	His ancestor			norwegian property	tree rules
2	hail	present	he		Constantinople		vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»
3	bear	past · passive		Constantinople			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4	go	past	Constantinople		sea	first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to sea=Initial_Location

Option 2

His family hails from Oslo and he was born there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hails	nmod:poss
2	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hails	compound
3	hails	hail	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Oslo	case
5	Oslo	Oslo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 hails	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 born	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 born	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 born	aux:pass
9	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hails	conj
10	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 born	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	past · passive		Oslo		there			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	hail		His = he			Oslo			nom hail «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent from=place

Option 3

The gadgie is from Norway, born in a Norwegian port, and his family has lived in the north for generations

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gadgie	det
2	gadgie	gadgie	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Norway	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 Norway	cop
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Norway	case
5	Norway	Norway	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 born	punct
7	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 Norway	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 port	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 port	det
10	Norwegian	Norwegian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 port	amod
11	port	port	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 born	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 lived	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 lived	cc
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 family	nmod:poss
15	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lived	nsubj
16	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 lived	aux
17	lived	live	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 Norway	acl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 north	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 north	det
20	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lived	obl
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 generations	case
22	generations	generation	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 lived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	is	present	the gadgie		Norway		tree rules
2	bear	participle		Norway not said here	a Norwegian port		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	live	present · perfect	Norway's family	Norway not said here	the north	for generations	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme norway=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

His ancestor was Norwegian; he hails from Constantinople

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 ancestor	nmod:poss
2	ancestor	ancestor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Norwegian	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Norwegian	cop
4	Norwegian	Norwegian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 hails	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hails	nsubj
7	hails	hail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Norwegian	parataxis
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 Constantinople	case
9	Constantinople	Constantinople	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 hails	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	His ancestor					norwegian property	tree rules
2	hail	present	he			Constantinople			vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

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