Test 8 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Ad…

Ruby, «proper job!» (well done, West Country): «Toad was dead honest in that deal.» Is she right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Toad · What happens: do, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: Ruby, «proper job!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 job	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 job	punct
4	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 job	amod
5	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ruby	appos
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 job	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 job	punct

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

Sentence 2: (well done, West Country): «Toad was dead honest in that deal.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 done	punct
2	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 done	advmod
3	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 done	punct
5	West	West	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Country	compound
6	Country	Country	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 done	obl:agent
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 done	punct
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 done	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 honest	punct
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 honest	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 dead	cop
12	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 honest	csubj
13	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 done	parataxis
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 deal	case
15	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 deal	det
16	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 honest	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 done	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 done	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	participle						well property	tree rules
2	is in a quote	past						dead property	tree rules

Sentence 3: Is she right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
3	right	right	ADV	_	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Toad					right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

No: he cheated the gipsy about the price.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 :	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 cheated	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cheated	nsubj
4	cheated	cheat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gipsy	det
6	gipsy	gipsy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cheated	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 price	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 price	det
9	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gipsy	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cheated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheat	past	he	the gipsy				about the price	vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gipsy=Source

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

No: he sold a stolen horse and told lies about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 :	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 sold	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sold	nsubj
4	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 horse	det
6	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 horse	amod
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sold	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 told	cc
9	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sold	conj
10	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 told	obj
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sell	past	he	a stolen horse		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme
2	steal	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	past	he not said here	lies	about horse	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient about it=Topic

Option 3

No: he sold a stolen horse, told lies about its breeding and cheated the man over the price

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 :	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 sold	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sold	nsubj
4	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 horse	det
6	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 horse	amod
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sold	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 told	punct
9	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sold	conj
10	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 told	obj
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 breeding	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 breeding	nmod:poss
13	breeding	breeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lies	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 cheated	cc
15	cheated	cheat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sold	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 man	det
17	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cheated	obj
18	over	over	ADP	_	20 price	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 price	det
20	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cheated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	sell	past	he	a stolen horse			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme
2	steal	participle					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	past	he not said here	lies		about horse's breeding	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient about breeding=Topic
4	cheat	past	he not said here	the man	the price		vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Source

Option 4

Yes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	root	root
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct

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

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