Test 5 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 3: Wayfarers All…
What does «if only you are strong enough to lead it» hint about the Sea Rat himself?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: do, be, lead · To what, where: strong hint, it
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 does | punct |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 strong | mark |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 strong | advmod |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 strong | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 strong | cop |
| 8 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 hint | amod |
| 9 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 8 strong | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 lead | mark |
| 11 | lead | lead | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 strong | advcl |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 lead | obj |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 strong | punct |
| 14 | hint | hint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 15 | about | about | ADP | _ | 18 Rat | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Rat | det |
| 17 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Rat | compound |
| 18 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 hint | nmod |
| 19 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 18 Rat | nmod |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | strong hint | about the Sea Rat himself | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hint=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | enough, strong property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | lead in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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
He is very strong
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 | 4 strong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 strong | cop |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 strong | advmod |
| 4 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | strong property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He was not «strong enough» to stay settled; the call took him
The tree, 12 words
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 | 5 strong | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 strong | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 strong | advmod |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 strong | punct |
| 5 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 5 strong | advmod |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 strong | punct |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 stay | mark |
| 9 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 strong | advcl |
| 10 | settled | settle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 stay | xcomp |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 took | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 call | det |
| 13 | call | call | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 took | nsubj |
| 14 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 strong | parataxis |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 took | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is in a quote | past | He | enough, strong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stay | to-infinitive | He not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | settle | participle | He not said here | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | take | past | the call | him = he | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |
Option 3
He was too weak to sail the sea alone
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 | 4 weak | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 weak | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 weak | advmod |
| 4 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 sail | mark |
| 6 | sail | sail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 weak | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sea | det |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sail | obj |
| 9 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 6 sail | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | weak property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sail | to-infinitive | He not said here | the sea | alone property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme sea=Trajectory |
Option 4
He was too proud to admit that he is a farmer
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 | 4 proud | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 proud | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 proud | advmod |
| 4 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 admit | mark |
| 6 | admit | admit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 proud | csubj |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 farmer | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 farmer | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 farmer | cop |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 farmer | det |
| 11 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 admit | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | proud property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | admit speech: other | to-infinitive | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is a | present | he | a farmer | tree rules |
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