Test 6 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Ad…

Why does Toad say «I'm more used to gentlemen's things myself»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Toad · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 say	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 used	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 used	nsubj
7	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 used	cop
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 used	amod
9	used	used	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 say	ccomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 things	case
11	gentlemen	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 things	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 gentlemen	case
13	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 used	obl
14	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 things	nmod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 used	punct
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	Toad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	Toad					to gentlemen's things myself; used 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He is trying to get out of washing her clothes

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 trying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 trying	aux
3	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 get	mark
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 trying	xcomp
6	out	out	ADP	_	8 washing	mark
7	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 washing	mark
8	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 get	advcl
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 clothes	nmod:poss
10	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	8 washing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	try	present · progressive	He		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	get out not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here		vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	wash	gerund	He not said here	her clothes	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient

Option 2

He is really a gentleman who has been robbed of his fine clothes and wants his money back now

The tree, 19 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	5 gentleman	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 gentleman	cop
3	really	really	ADV	_	5 gentleman	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 gentleman	det
5	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 robbed	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 robbed	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 robbed	aux:pass
9	robbed	rob	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 gentleman	acl:relcl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 clothes	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 clothes	nmod:poss
12	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 clothes	amod
13	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	9 robbed	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 wants	cc
15	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 robbed	conj
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 money	nmod:poss
17	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wants	obj
18	back	back	ADV	_	15 wants	advmod
19	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 wants	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	a gentleman			tree rules
2	rob	present · perfect · passive		a gentleman		of gentleman's fine clothes	vn rob-10.6.4 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme of clothes=Source
3	want back	present		gentleman's money	now		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme

Option 3

He wants her to believe he is a wealthy gentleman who has never worked with his hands in his life

The tree, 20 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	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 believe	mark
5	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 gentleman	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 gentleman	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 gentleman	det
9	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 gentleman	amod
10	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 believe	ccomp
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 worked	obl
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 worked	aux
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 worked	advmod
14	worked	work	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 gentleman	acl:relcl
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 hands	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 hands	nmod:poss
17	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 worked	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 life	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 life	nmod:poss
20	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 worked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	present	He	her = she		tree rules
2	believe not said to happen	to-infinitive	her = she not said here			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	present	he	a wealthy gentleman		tree rules
4	not work	present · perfect		a wealthy gentleman	with gentleman's hands; in gentleman's life	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in life=Theme

Option 4

He is pretending to be a true gentleman there

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 pretending	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pretending	aux
3	pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	8 gentleman	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 gentleman	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 gentleman	det
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 gentleman	amod
8	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pretending	xcomp
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 gentleman	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	present · progressive	He						tree rules
2	is a	to-infinitive	He not said here	a true gentleman		there			tree rules

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