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Test 10 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All…

Looking back: in chapter I, the Rat said other animals called him «a mean beast» who cut it «very fine». Was that fair?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, other animals, mean beast · What happens: look back, say, call, cut · To what, where: chapter, Rat, beast · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ 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: Looking back: in chapter I, the Rat said other animals called him «a mean beast» who cut it «very fine».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
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	10 said	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Rat	det
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chapter	acl:relcl
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 animals	amod
12	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 called	nsubj
13	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	ccomp
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 called	obj
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 beast	punct
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 beast	det
17	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 beast	amod
18	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 called	xcomp
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 beast	punct
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 cut	nsubj
21	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 beast	parataxis
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 cut	obj
23	«	«	PUNCT	_	25 fine	punct
24	very	very	ADV	_	25 fine	advmod
25	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 cut	parataxis
26	»	»	PUNCT	_	25 fine	punct
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	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	say speech: assert	past	I	chapter not said here					tree rules
3	call	past	other animals		Rat				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
4	cut	past	a mean beast	beast					tree rules

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: Was that fair?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Was	was	ADP	_	3 fair	case
2	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 fair	nsubj
3	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fair	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

No: his lunches are always generous, then and now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 generous	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 generous	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 lunches	nmod:poss
4	lunches	lunch	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 generous	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 generous	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 generous	advmod
7	generous	generous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 then	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 generous	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 now	cc
11	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 then	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	his lunches				then	always, generous property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

No, because the other animals were the mean ones, and they should have shared their picnics with the poor Rat

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	10 ones	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ones	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 ones	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 animals	det
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 animals	amod
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 ones	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 ones	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ones	det
9	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ones	amod
10	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 shared	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 shared	cc
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 shared	nsubj:pass
14	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 shared	aux
15	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 shared	aux
16	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 ones	acl
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 picnics	nmod:poss
18	picnics	picnic	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 shared	obj
19	with	with	ADP	_	22 Rat	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Rat	det
21	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 Rat	amod
22	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 shared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the other animals	the mean ones					tree rules
2	share	should · perfect · passive	the mean ones not said here	animals = animal				with the poor Rat	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, he always gives too little food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 gives	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gives	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 gives	advmod
5	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 little	advmod
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 food	amod
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	he	little food				always property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Option 4

Partly, he is generous only at lunch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Partly	partly	ADV	_	5 generous	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Partly	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 generous	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 generous	cop
5	generous	generous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 lunch	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 lunch	case
8	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 generous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he			lunch		generous, partly property	tree rules

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