Test 15 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Ad…
★★★ «A speck that turned into a dot and then into a blob.» Why does the car seem to grow?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: speck, car · What happens: turn, seem, grow · To what, where: dot
This is test 15 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ «A speck that turned into a dot and then into a blob.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 speck | punct |
| 5 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 speck | det |
| 6 | speck | speck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | appos |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 turned | nsubj |
| 8 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 speck | acl:relcl |
| 9 | into | into | ADP | _ | 11 dot | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 dot | det |
| 11 | dot | dot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 turned | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 blob | cc |
| 13 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 blob | advmod |
| 14 | into | into | ADP | _ | 16 blob | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 blob | det |
| 16 | blob | blob | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 turned | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 speck | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 speck | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn in a quote | past | a speck | a dot | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into dot=Trajectory |
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: Why does the car seem to grow?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 seem | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 seem | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 car | det |
| 4 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 seem | nsubj |
| 5 | seem | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 grow | mark |
| 7 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 seem | xcomp |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 seem | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seem | present · do-support | the car | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | grow | to-infinitive | the car not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It is a motor growing in size
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 motor | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 motor | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 motor | det |
| 4 | motor | motor | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | growing | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 motor | acl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 size | case |
| 7 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 growing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a motor | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | grow | gerund | a motor not said here | size | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in size=Location |
Option 2
The road bends and lets it show more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 road | det |
| 2 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bends | nsubj |
| 3 | bends | bend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 lets | cc |
| 5 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 bends | conj |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 lets | obj |
| 7 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 lets | xcomp |
| 8 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 show | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bend | present | the road | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | let | present | the road not said here | road | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | show | infinitive | road not said here | more | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent more=Recipient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It is driving closer, so it looks bigger
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 driving | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 driving | aux |
| 3 | driving | drive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | closer | close | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 driving | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 looks | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 looks | advmod |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 looks | nsubj |
| 8 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 driving | parataxis |
| 9 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 looks | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive | present · progressive | It | close property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | look | present | it | big property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
It is bigger
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 bigger | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 bigger | cop |
| 3 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | big property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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