Test 6 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All…

Jack from Vancouver, in his toque (woolly hat): «the Rat's cured completely by the end, eh?» (eh = right?) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: end, you · What happens: cure, put · To what, where: Jack, eh

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 60 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All (the spell, the Mole and the cure)» 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: Jack from Vancouver, in his toque (woolly hat): «the Rat's cured completely by the end, eh?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 cured	nsubj:pass
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Vancouver	case
3	Vancouver	Vancouver	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Jack	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 toque	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 toque	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 toque	nmod:poss
7	toque	toque	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Jack	appos
8	(	(	PUNCT	_	10 hat	punct
9	woolly	woolly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hat	amod
10	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 toque	appos
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	10 hat	punct
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	17 cured	punct
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 cured	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Rat	det
15	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 cured	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Rat	case
17	cured	cure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
18	completely	completely	ADV	_	17 cured	advmod
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 end	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 end	det
21	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cured	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 eh	punct
23	eh	eh	INTJ	_	17 cured	discourse
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 cured	punct
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 cured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cure in a quote	participle · passive	the end	Jack from Vancouver				completely property	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer subject=Source

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: (eh = right?)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 eh	punct
2	eh	eh	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	=	=	PUNCT	_	4 right	punct
4	right	right	INTJ	_	2 eh	discourse
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 eh	punct
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 eh	punct

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

Sentence 3: Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	eh				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No: the Rat had left the Mole's house for the sea and never came back, so the cure was never begun at all

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 Rat	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Rat	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 left	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 left	aux
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Mole	det
8	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 house	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Mole	case
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 sea	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sea	det
13	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 came	cc
15	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	16 came	advmod
16	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 left	conj
17	back	back	ADV	_	16 came	advmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 begun	punct
19	so	so	ADV	_	24 begun	advmod
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 cure	det
21	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 begun	nsubj
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 begun	aux:pass
23	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	24 begun	advmod
24	begun	begin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 left	conj
25	at	at	ADP	_	26 all	case
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	24 begun	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	leave	past · perfect	no Rat	the Mole's house		for the sea	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent house=Theme for sea=Recipient
2	not come back	past	no Rat not said here				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not begin	past · passive		the cure	all		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No: «the cure had at least begun» — just begun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 begun	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 begun	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 begun	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cure	det
5	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 begun	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 begun	aux
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 least	case
8	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 begun	obl
9	begun	begin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 begun	punct
11	—	-	PUNCT	_	9 begun	punct
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 begun	advmod
13	begun	begin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 begun	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin in a quote	past · perfect	the cure			least			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	begin	participle	the cure not said here						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

Yes, the Rat was healed and went home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 healed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 healed	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 healed	aux:pass
6	healed	heal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 went	cc
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 healed	conj
9	home	home	ADV	_	8 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heal	past · passive		the Rat					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	go	past						home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, fully

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 fully	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	fully	fully	ADV	_	root	root

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

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