Test 11 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All…
Looking back: in chapter IV, Badger said he hates Society. How is the Sea Rat different?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Badger, Sea Rat · What happens: look back, say, hate, be · To what, where: Society · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ 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 IV, Badger said he hates Society.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 said | 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 | IV | IV | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 5 chapter | flat |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Looking | punct |
| 8 | Badger | Badger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 said | nsubj |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hates | nsubj |
| 11 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 said | ccomp |
| 12 | Society | Society | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 hates | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | Badger not said here | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Badger | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | hate | present | Badger | Society | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer society=Stimulus |
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: How is the Sea Rat different?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 different | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 different | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Rat | det |
| 4 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Rat | compound |
| 5 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 different | nsubj |
| 6 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 different | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the Sea Rat | different property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
He loves company, friends in every port, and feasts
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 loves | nsubj |
| 2 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 loves | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 friends | punct |
| 5 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 company | conj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 port | case |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 port | det |
| 8 | port | port | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 friends | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 feasts | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 feasts | cc |
| 11 | feasts | feast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 loves | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | He | company and friends in every port | feasts obl | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer company=Stimulus |
Option 2
He loves being 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 | 2 loves | nsubj |
| 2 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 alone | cop |
| 4 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 2 loves | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | He | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is | gerund | He not said here | alone property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
He prefers to be left alone at sea
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 prefers | nsubj |
| 2 | prefers | prefer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 left | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 left | aux:pass |
| 5 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 prefers | xcomp |
| 6 | alone | alone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 left | xcomp |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 sea | case |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 left | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prefer | present | He | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | leave not said to happen | to-infinitive · passive | He not said here | sea | alone property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: at sea=Location |
Option 4
He too says he hates Society but secretly loves it
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 | 3 says | nsubj |
| 2 | too | too | ADV | _ | 3 says | advmod |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hates | nsubj |
| 5 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 6 | Society | Society | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 hates | obj |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 loves | cc |
| 8 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 9 loves | advmod |
| 9 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 loves | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | He | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | hate | present | he | Society | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer society=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | love | present | He not said here | it | secretly property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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