Test 4 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Ad…

Jordan: «gipsy food was mid (just average) innit, Toad hardly ate any.» Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gipsy food, Jordan, you · What happens: be, eat, put · To what, where: any, food

This is test 4 · ★★★ 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: Jordan: «gipsy food was mid (just average) innit, Toad hardly ate any.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jordan	Jordan	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 ate	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 mid	punct
4	gipsy	gipsy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 food	compound
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mid	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 mid	cop
7	mid	mid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 innit	amod
8	(	(	PUNCT	_	10 average	punct
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 average	advmod
10	average	average	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 innit	amod
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	10 average	punct
12	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Jordan	appos
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 ate	punct
14	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 ate	nsubj
15	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	16 ate	advmod
16	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	16 ate	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 ate	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 ate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	gipsy food					mid property	tree rules
2	eat in a quote	past	Jordan	any				hardly property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Patient

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: Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	food				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It was a fine stew, but Toad said it was too salty and refused to eat any of it.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stew	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stew	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stew	det
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stew	amod
5	stew	stew	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 said	cc
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stew	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 salty	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 salty	cop
12	too	too	ADV	_	13 salty	advmod
13	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 said	ccomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 refused	cc
15	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 eat	mark
17	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 refused	xcomp
18	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	17 eat	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 it	case
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 any	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 stew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a fine stew		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	Toad			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	stew		salty property	tree rules
4	refuse	past	Toad not said here			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	not eat	to-infinitive	Toad not said here	any		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Patient

Option 2

It was lovely; Toad ate little.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lovely	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lovely	cop
3	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 ate	punct
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 ate	nsubj
6	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lovely	conj
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ate	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lovely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					lovely property	tree rules
2	eat	past	Toad	little					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It was the most beautiful stew in the world; Toad stuffed himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stew	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stew	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stew	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 beautiful	advmod
5	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stew	amod
6	stew	stew	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 world	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 world	det
9	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stew	nmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 stuffed	punct
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 stuffed	nsubj
12	stuffed	stuff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stew	conj
13	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 stuffed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	the beautiful stew		the world			tree rules
2	stuff	past	Toad	Toad					vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Theme

Option 4

It was wonderful stew; Toad ate plenty of it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stew	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stew	cop
3	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stew	amod
4	stew	stew	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 ate	punct
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 ate	nsubj
7	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stew	acl:relcl
8	plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ate	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 plenty	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	wonderful stew					tree rules
2	eat	past	Toad	plenty of plenty					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Patient

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