Test 11 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Ad…

Looking back: what did the fox say to Toad in the wood at the end of chapter VIII?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: fox · What happens: look back, say · To what, where: Toad, wood · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 61 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Adventures of Toad (free, the canal and the barge-woman's washing)» 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

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	_	8 say	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 say	obj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 say	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fox	det
7	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	nsubj
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Looking	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Toad	case
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 say	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 wood	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wood	det
13	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	obl
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 end	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 end	det
16	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 chapter	case
18	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 end	nmod
19	VIII	VIII	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	18 chapter	flat
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the fox		Toad	the wood	at the end of chapter		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to toad=Recipient

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.

The options

Option 1

Good morning, Toad! Your dinner is ready in the hall, come along now!

Sentence 1: Good morning, Toad!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 morning	amod
2	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Toad	punct
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 morning	appos
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 morning	punct

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

Sentence 2: Your dinner is ready in the hall, come along now!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dinner	nmod:poss
2	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ready	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ready	cop
4	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 hall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hall	det
7	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ready	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 come	punct
9	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ready	conj
10	along	along	ADV	_	9 come	advmod
11	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 come	advmod
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 ready	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Your dinner			the hall		ready property	tree rules
2	come along	infinitive	Your dinner not said here				now	along property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Hullo, Toad! Stop running, the police are waiting by the big gate ahead!

Sentence 1: Hullo, Toad!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hullo	hullo	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Toad	punct
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Hullo	appos
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Hullo	punct

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

Sentence 2: Stop running, the police are waiting by the big gate ahead!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 waiting	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 police	det
5	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 waiting	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 waiting	aux
7	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 running	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 gate	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gate	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 gate	amod
11	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waiting	obl
12	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	7 waiting	advmod
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	run	gerund	you not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	wait	present · progressive	the police	by the big gate; ahead property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by gate=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

«Hullo, washerwoman! Half a pair of socks and a pillow-case short this week!»

Sentence 1: «Hullo, washerwoman!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Hullo	punct
2	Hullo	hullo	INTJ	_	4 washerwoman	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 washerwoman	punct
4	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 washerwoman	punct

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

Sentence 2: Half a pair of socks and a pillow-case short this week!»

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	3 pair	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pair	det
3	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 socks	case
5	socks	sock	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pair	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 case	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 case	det
8	pillow	pillow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 case	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 pillow	punct
10	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pair	conj
11	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pair	amod
12	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 week	det
13	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 short	obl:unmarked
14	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 pair	punct
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 pair	punct

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

Option 4

Oh my, it is the washerwoman again! You owe me a clean pillow-case and two pairs of socks by Monday morning!

Sentence 1: Oh my, it is the washerwoman again!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	7 washerwoman	discourse
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	1 Oh	vocative
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oh	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 washerwoman	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 washerwoman	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 washerwoman	det
7	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	again	again	ADV	_	7 washerwoman	advmod
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 washerwoman	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the washerwoman			again		tree rules

Sentence 2: You owe me a clean pillow-case and two pairs of socks by Monday morning!

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 owe	nsubj
2	owe	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 owe	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 case	det
5	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 case	amod
6	pillow	pillow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 case	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 pillow	punct
8	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 owe	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 pairs	cc
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 pairs	nummod
11	pairs	pair	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 case	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 socks	case
13	socks	sock	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 pairs	nmod
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 morning	case
15	Monday	Monday	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 morning	compound
16	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 owe	obl
17	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 owe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	owe	present	You	a clean pillow case and two pairs of socks	me		morning		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent i=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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