Test 7 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Ad…

True or false? «The barge-woman believed Toad all the way through.»

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: barge woman · What happens: believe · To what, where: Toad

This is test 7 · ★★ 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: True or false?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 false	cc
3	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 True	conj
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct

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

Sentence 2: «The barge-woman believed Toad all the way through.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 believed	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 woman	det
3	barge	barge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 woman	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 barge	punct
5	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 believed	nsubj
6	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 believed	obj
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 way	det:predet
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 believed	obl:unmarked
11	through	through	ADV	_	10 way	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 believed	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 believed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe in a quote	past	the barge woman	Toad				all way obl:unmarked	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer toad=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

False: she only suspected him at the end of the journey, after he failed to wash the clothes properly

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 suspected	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 False	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 suspected	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 suspected	advmod
5	suspected	suspect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 suspected	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 suspected	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 journey	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 journey	det
12	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 end	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 failed	punct
14	after	after	SCONJ	_	16 failed	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 failed	nsubj
16	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 suspected	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 wash	mark
18	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 failed	xcomp
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 clothes	det
20	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	18 wash	obj
21	properly	properly	ADV	_	18 wash	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	suspect	past	she	him = he	at the end of the journey		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute
2	fail	past	he				vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	not wash	to-infinitive	he not said here	the clothes		properly property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient

Option 2

True: she believed all his lies about his daughter and young children until the very end of the trip

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 believed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 believed	nsubj
4	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 True	conj
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 lies	det:predet
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 lies	nmod:poss
7	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 believed	obj
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 daughter	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 daughter	nmod:poss
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lies	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 children	cc
12	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 children	amod
13	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lies	conj
14	until	until	ADP	_	17 end	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 end	det
16	very	very	ADV	_	17 end	advmod
17	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 believed	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 trip	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 trip	det
20	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	past	she	his lies and young children			until the end of the trip	about his daughter	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lie=Stimulus
2	lie		his = he					about his daughter	nom lie «communication intransitive»: poss=agent about=obl

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

False: she says she thought he was a humbug all along

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 thought	nsubj
6	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 humbug	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 humbug	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 humbug	det
10	humbug	humbug	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thought	ccomp
11	all	all	ADV	_	12 along	advmod
12	along	along	ADV	_	6 thought	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	she			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	think speech: other	past	she		along property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	he	a humbug		tree rules

Option 4

True: she believed his washerwoman story completely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 believed	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 believed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 believed	nsubj
4	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 story	nmod:poss
6	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 story	compound
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 believed	obj
8	completely	completely	ADV	_	4 believed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	past	she	his washerwoman story				completely property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus

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