Test 1 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Ad…

Finn: «Toad sang his song to a massive crowd, they went wild.» Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Finn, they, Toad, you · What happens: sing, go, put · To what, where: song, massive crowd

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 63 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Adventures of Toad (the most conceited song and the very same motor-car)» 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: Finn: «Toad sang his song to a massive crowd, they went wild.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Finn	Finn	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sang	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Finn	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 sang	punct
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sang	nsubj
5	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 song	nmod:poss
7	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sang	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 crowd	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 crowd	det
10	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 crowd	amod
11	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sang	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 went	punct
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 went	nsubj
14	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sang	conj
15	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 went	xcomp
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sang	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 sang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express in a quote	past	Finn	Toad's song	a massive crowd		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent song=Topic to crowd=Recipient
2	go in a quote	past	they			wild property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	sing in a quote		Toad				nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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	song				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1

The whole village heard it from the church steps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 village	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 village	amod
3	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heard	nsubj
4	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 heard	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 steps	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 steps	det
8	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 steps	compound
9	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 heard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	the whole village	it				from the church steps	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Topic from step=Source

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nobody heard the song except the guards, who dropped their rifles and wept at the sight of him

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 song	det
4	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj
5	except	except	ADP	_	7 guards	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 guards	det
7	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 heard	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 dropped	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 dropped	nsubj
10	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 heard	conj
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 rifles	nmod:poss
12	rifles	rifle	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 dropped	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 wept	cc
14	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 heard	conj
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 sight	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sight	det
17	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wept	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 him	case
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 sight	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past	Nobody	the song		except the guards	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer song=Stimulus
2	drop	past		guards's rifles			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rifle=Theme
3	weep	past	Nobody not said here		the sight of him		vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	sight			him = he			nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Toad sang to a huge crowd on the road, who all cheered him and asked for an encore at once

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 crowd	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 crowd	det
5	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 crowd	amod
6	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 road	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crowd	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cheered	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 cheered	nsubj
12	all	all	ADV	_	13 cheered	advmod
13	cheered	cheer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 road	acl:relcl
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 cheered	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 asked	cc
16	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sang	conj
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 encore	case
18	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 encore	det
19	encore	encore	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 asked	obl
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 once	case
21	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	16 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	Toad		a huge crowd on the road		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to crowd=Recipient
2	cheer	past	the road	Toad		all property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
3	ask speech: ask	past	Toad not said here			for a encore	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Nobody heard it — he sang to himself on an empty road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	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 heard	obj
4	—	-	PUNCT	_	6 sang	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sang	nsubj
6	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 heard	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 himself	case
8	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 sang	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 road	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 road	det
11	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 road	amod
12	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	Nobody	it					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	sing speech: express	past	he		himself = he	a empty road			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on road=Location

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