Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Ad…

«Gipsies were very fond of horse-dealing.» What should a reader today think of this line?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gipsies, reader · What happens: be, think

This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: «Gipsies were very fond of horse-dealing.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 fond	punct
2	Gipsies	gipsy	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fond	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fond	cop
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 fond	advmod
5	fond	fond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 dealing	case
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dealing	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 dealing	punct
9	dealing	dealing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fond	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 fond	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 fond	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	Gipsies					of horse dealing; fond 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: What should a reader today think of this line?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 think	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 think	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 reader	det
4	reader	reader	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 think	nsubj
5	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reader	nmod:unmarked
6	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 line	case
8	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 line	det
9	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 think	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	should	a reader today					of this line	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

The options

Option 1

It is a fair description of the gipsies, since they dealt in horses for centuries.

The tree, 15 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 description	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 description	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 description	det
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 description	amod
5	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 gipsies	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gipsies	det
8	gipsies	gipsy	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 description	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 dealt	punct
10	since	since	SCONJ	_	12 dealt	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 dealt	nsubj
12	dealt	deal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 description	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 horses	case
14	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 dealt	obl
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 centuries	case
16	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 dealt	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 description	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a fair description				of the gipsies	tree rules
2	deal	past	gipsies = gipsy				century	in horses	vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is an old idea about a whole people; we should not judge anyone by their group

The tree, 17 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 idea	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 idea	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 idea	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 idea	amod
5	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	9 people	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 people	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 people	amod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 idea	nmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 judge	punct
11	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 judge	nsubj
12	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 judge	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 judge	advmod
14	judge	judge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 idea	parataxis
15	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 judge	obj
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 group	case
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 group	nmod:poss
18	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 judge	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a old idea				about a whole people	tree rules
2	not judge	should	we	anyone				by people's group	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent anyone=Value

Option 3

It is a stereotype about one people; it is an accurate fact.

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 stereotype	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stereotype	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stereotype	det
4	stereotype	stereotype	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 people	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 people	nummod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stereotype	nmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 fact	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fact	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 fact	cop
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 fact	det
12	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 fact	amod
13	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stereotype	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stereotype	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a stereotype and a accurate fact				about one people	tree rules
2	is a	present	it	a accurate fact					tree rules

Option 4

It is just a fact.

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 fact	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fact	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 fact	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fact	det
5	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 fact	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a fact					tree rules

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