Test 1 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All…
«The Sea Rat works his paws off as a sailor, sweet as.» (sweet as = fine) Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sea Rat, you · What happens: work off, put · To what, where: paws, sailor
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 59 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All (the voyage and lunch by the road)» 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 Sea Rat works his paws off as a sailor, sweet as.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 works | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Rat | det |
| 3 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Rat | compound |
| 4 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 works | nsubj |
| 5 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 paws | nmod:poss |
| 7 | paws | paw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 works | obj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 works | compound:prt |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 sailor | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 sailor | det |
| 11 | sailor | sailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 works | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 sweet | punct |
| 13 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sailor | amod |
| 14 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 sweet | fixed |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 works | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 works | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work off in a quote | present | the Sea Rat | Rat's paws | as a sailor | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent paw=Material |
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: (sweet as = fine) Put it right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 sweet | punct |
| 2 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Put | advcl |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 fine | case |
| 4 | = | = | SYM | _ | 5 fine | punct |
| 5 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sweet | obl |
| 6 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 sweet | punct |
| 7 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 Put | obj |
| 9 | right | right | ADV | _ | 7 Put | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | sailor | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He sleeps all day
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 sleeps | nsubj |
| 2 | sleeps | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 day | det |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sleeps | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | present | He | day | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He winks: he rides in the captain's cabin; the crew work
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 winks | nsubj |
| 2 | winks | wink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 rides | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 rides | nsubj |
| 5 | rides | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 winks | parataxis |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 cabin | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 captain | det |
| 8 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cabin | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 captain | case |
| 10 | cabin | cabin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rides | obl |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 work | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 crew | det |
| 13 | crew | crew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 work | compound |
| 14 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 winks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wink | present | He | crew work | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | ride | present | he | the captain's cabin | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
He is a sailor who works hard on deck for his pay
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 sailor | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sailor | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 sailor | det |
| 4 | sailor | sailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 works | nsubj |
| 6 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sailor | acl:relcl |
| 7 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 works | advmod |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 deck | case |
| 9 | deck | deck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 works | obl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 pay | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 pay | nmod:poss |
| 12 | pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 works | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | a sailor | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | work | present | a sailor | for his pay; on deck; hard property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.attribute PP.theme PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent on deck=Theme for pay=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | pay | his = he | nom pay «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
He is a sailor who never rests while the crew sleep
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 sailor | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sailor | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 sailor | det |
| 4 | sailor | sailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 rests | nsubj |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 rests | advmod |
| 7 | rests | rest | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sailor | acl:relcl |
| 8 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 11 sleep | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sleep | det |
| 10 | crew | crew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sleep | compound |
| 11 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rests | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | a sailor | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not rest | present | a sailor | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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