Test 6 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All…
Kev from Liverpool: «boss story, the Sea Rat stayed at sea and never touched land.» (boss = great) Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kev, boss · What happens: stay, not touch, put · To what, where: sea, land
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Kev from Liverpool: «boss story, the Sea Rat stayed at sea and never touched land.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kev | Kev | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 stayed | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Liverpool | case |
| 3 | Liverpool | Liverpool | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Kev | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 story | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 story | punct |
| 6 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 story | compound |
| 7 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kev | appos |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kev | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Rat | det |
| 10 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Rat | compound |
| 11 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 stayed | nsubj |
| 12 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 sea | case |
| 14 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stayed | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 touched | cc |
| 16 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 17 touched | advmod |
| 17 | touched | touch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 stayed | conj |
| 18 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 touched | obj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 stayed | punct |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 stayed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay in a quote | past | Kev from Liverpool | sea | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at sea=Location | ||||
| 2 | not touch in a quote | participle | Kev from Liverpool not said here | land | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme land=Co-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.
Sentence 2: (boss = great) Put it right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 6 Put | punct |
| 2 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Put | nsubj |
| 3 | = | = | SYM | _ | 4 great | punct |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 boss | appos |
| 5 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 4 great | punct |
| 6 | Put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 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 | infinitive | boss | land | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1
He hates the shore and sails straight home each time
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 hates | nsubj |
| 2 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 shore | det |
| 4 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hates | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 sails | cc |
| 6 | sails | sail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 hates | conj |
| 7 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 8 home | advmod |
| 8 | home | home | ADV | _ | 6 sails | advmod |
| 9 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 time | det |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sails | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | present | He | the shore | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shore=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | sail | present | He not said here | time | home property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
He is glad to be back at sea and never wants to stay with friends in any port for more than a day
The tree, 23 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 | 3 glad | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 glad | cop |
| 3 | glad | glad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 back | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 back | cop |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 glad | advmod |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 sea | case |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 back | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 wants | cc |
| 10 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 wants | advmod |
| 11 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 glad | conj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 stay | mark |
| 13 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 wants | xcomp |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 friends | case |
| 15 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 stay | obl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 port | case |
| 17 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 18 port | det |
| 18 | port | port | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 stay | obl |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 day | case |
| 20 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV | 23 day | advmod |
| 21 | than | than | ADP | _ | 20 more | fixed |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 day | det |
| 23 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | glad property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | sea | back property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not want | present | He not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | stay not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | any port | day | with friends | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in port=Location |
Option 3
He never goes ashore and only sleeps aboard his ship
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 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 goes | advmod |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ashore | ashore | ADV | _ | 3 goes | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sleeps | cc |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 sleeps | advmod |
| 7 | sleeps | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 goes | conj |
| 8 | aboard | aboard | ADP | _ | 10 ship | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 ship | nmod:poss |
| 10 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sleeps | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go | present | He | ashore property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sleep | present | He not said here | aboard his ship | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He loves the jolly times on shore and stays weeks with friends
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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 times | det |
| 4 | jolly | jolly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 times | amod |
| 5 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 loves | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 shore | case |
| 7 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 loves | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 stays | cc |
| 9 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 loves | conj |
| 10 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 stays | obj |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 friends | case |
| 12 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 stays | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | He | shore | time | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | stay | present | He not said here | week | with friends | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with friend=Location |
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