Test 13 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Ad…
Sam, yeah nah (no) not buying it: «Toad's well humble now after prison.» Which line from this part proves him wrong?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sam, Toad, line · What happens: not buy, be, prove · To what, where: it, Toad · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 13 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: Sam, yeah nah (no) not buying it: «Toad's well humble now after prison.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 buying | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sam | punct |
| 3 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 1 Sam | discourse |
| 4 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 9 buying | discourse |
| 5 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 9 buying | punct |
| 6 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 9 buying | discourse |
| 7 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 6 no | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 buying | advmod |
| 9 | buying | buy | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 buying | obj |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 humble | punct |
| 12 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 16 humble | punct |
| 13 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 humble | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 humble | cop |
| 15 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 16 humble | advmod |
| 16 | humble | humble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 buying | parataxis |
| 17 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 humble | advmod |
| 18 | after | after | ADP | _ | 19 prison | case |
| 19 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 humble | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 humble | punct |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 buying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not buy | gerund | Sam | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Toad | after prison; now | humble, well property | 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: Which line from this part proves him wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 line | det |
| 2 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 proves | nsubj |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 part | case |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 part | det |
| 5 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 line | nmod |
| 6 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 proves | obj |
| 8 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 proves | xcomp |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 proves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present | which line from this part | Toad | wrong property | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Now I shall have a nice warm bath at home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 have | advmod |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 have | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 have | aux |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bath | det |
| 6 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bath | amod |
| 7 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bath | amod |
| 8 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 have | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 home | case |
| 10 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bath | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | shall | I | a nice warm bath | home | now | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bath=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
«Toad's luck again! I always come out on top!»
Sentence 1: «Toad's luck again!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 luck | punct |
| 2 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 luck | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Toad | case |
| 4 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 luck | advmod |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 luck | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: I always come out on top!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 come | advmod |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADV | _ | 3 come | advmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 top | case |
| 6 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 come | obl |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 come | punct |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 come | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | present | I | top | always, out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
Poop poop!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poop | poop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 poop | compound |
| 2 | poop | poop | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 poop | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
I will never be seen in prison again, I swear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 seen | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 seen | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 seen | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 seen | aux:pass |
| 5 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 prison | case |
| 7 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 seen | obl |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 seen | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 swear | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 swear | nsubj |
| 11 | swear | swear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 seen | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | future · passive | I | prison | again | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | swear | present | I | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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