Test 1 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Ad…
Ellie, proper tamping (furious): «that barge-woman was well out of order chucking him in the canal!» What started it?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: barge woman, order · What happens: be, chuck, start · To what, where: order, him, canal
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 62 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Adventures of Toad (into the canal, the stolen horse and «a shilling a leg»)» 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: Ellie, proper tamping (furious): «that barge-woman was well out of order chucking him in the canal!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellie | Ellie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 tamping | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ellie | punct |
| 3 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 tamping | amod |
| 4 | tamping | tamping | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 6 furious | punct |
| 6 | furious | furious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 tamping | appos |
| 7 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 6 furious | punct |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 18 order | punct |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 18 order | punct |
| 10 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 woman | det |
| 11 | barge | barge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 woman | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 barge | punct |
| 13 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 order | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 order | cop |
| 15 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 18 order | advmod |
| 16 | out | out | ADP | _ | 18 order | case |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 order | case |
| 18 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tamping | appos |
| 19 | chucking | chuck | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 18 order | acl |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 chucking | obj |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 canal | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 canal | det |
| 23 | canal | canal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 chucking | obl |
| 24 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 18 order | punct |
| 25 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 18 order | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | that barge woman | order | well property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | chuck in a quote | gerund | order not said here | him = he | the canal | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in canal=Destination |
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: What started it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 started | nsubj |
| 2 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 started | obj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 started | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | past | order | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Toad was rude
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 rude | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rude | cop |
| 3 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Toad | rude property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Toad lost his temper and called her rude names first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 lost | nsubj |
| 2 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 temper | nmod:poss |
| 4 | temper | temper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lost | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 called | cc |
| 6 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 lost | conj |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 names | nmod:poss |
| 8 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 names | amod |
| 9 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 called | obj |
| 10 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 called | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | Toad | Toad's temper | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temper=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | call | past | Toad not said here | her rude names | first property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient | |||
| 3 | temper | Toad | nom temper «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 4 | name | her = she | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Toad shouted rude names at the barge-woman first, and then she threw him in
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 shouted | nsubj |
| 2 | shouted | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 names | amod |
| 4 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 shouted | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 woman | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 woman | det |
| 7 | barge | barge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 woman | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 barge | punct |
| 9 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shouted | obl |
| 10 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 2 shouted | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 threw | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 threw | cc |
| 13 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 threw | advmod |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 threw | nsubj |
| 15 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 shouted | conj |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 threw | obj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 threw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | past | Toad | rude names | at the barge woman; first property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic | |||
| 2 | throw | past | Toad | him = he | then | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 4
Toad shouted insults at her first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 shouted | nsubj |
| 2 | shouted | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | insults | insult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 shouted | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 first | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 first | nmod:poss |
| 6 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 2 shouted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | past | Toad | insults | Toad's first | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insult=Topic |
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