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

What does «the most conceited song that any animal ever composed» tell us about Toad now?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, compose, tell · To what, where: conceited song, animal, us · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 song	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 song	det
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 conceited	advmod
6	conceited	conceited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 song	amod
7	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 tell	nsubj
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 animal	det
10	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tell	nsubj
11	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	12 composed	advmod
12	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 animal	acl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 animal	punct
14	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 song	acl:relcl
15	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 tell	iobj
16	about	about	ADP	_	17 Toad	case
17	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 tell	obl
18	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 tell	advmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	the conceited song				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Eventuality
2	compose in a quote	participle	any animal not said here		ever		vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive		us	now	about Toad	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent we=Recipient about toad=Topic

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The song shows that his adventures have made him cleverer, humbler, and much more careful about who he trusts

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 song	det
2	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 made	mark
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 adventures	nmod:poss
6	adventures	adventure	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 made	nsubj:pass
7	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 made	aux
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 shows	ccomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 made	obj
10	cleverer	clever	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 made	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 humbler	punct
12	humbler	humbler	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cleverer	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 careful	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 careful	cc
15	much	much	ADV	_	16 more	advmod
16	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	17 careful	advmod
17	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shows	conj
18	about	about	SCONJ	_	21 trusts	mark
19	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 trusts	nsubj
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 trusts	nsubj
21	trusts	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 careful	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	show	present	the song			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make	present · perfect · passive		song's adventures	clever property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary he=Product
3	trust	present				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	adventure		song			nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He has learned nothing and still thinks he is great

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 learned	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 learned	aux
3	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 learned	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 thinks	cc
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 thinks	advmod
7	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 learned	conj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 great	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 great	cop
10	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thinks	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	learn	present · perfect	He	nothing			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	think speech: other	present	He not said here		still		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	he			great property	tree rules

Option 3

He has become so puffed up that he now boasts of his song as the greatest ever written by any creature

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 become	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 become	aux
3	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 puffed	advmod
5	puffed	puff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 written	advcl
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 puffed	compound:prt
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 boasts	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 boasts	nsubj
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 boasts	advmod
10	boasts	boast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 written	advcl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 song	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 song	nmod:poss
13	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 boasts	obl
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 written	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 greatest	det
16	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 written	nsubj:pass
17	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	18 written	advmod
18	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 become	xcomp
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 creature	case
20	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	21 creature	det
21	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 written	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	become	present · perfect	He				tree rules
2	puff up	participle	any creature not said here				vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
3	boast speech: other	present	he		now	of his song	vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	write	participle · passive	any creature	the greatest	ever		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
5	sing		his = he				nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

His adventures have made him even more boastful, not wiser

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 adventures	nmod:poss
2	adventures	adventure	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	obj
6	even	even	ADV	_	7 more	advmod
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 boastful	advmod
8	boastful	boastful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 made	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wiser	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 wiser	advmod
11	wiser	wise	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 made	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · perfect · passive		His adventures				boastful property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary he=Product
2	adventure		His = he						nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent

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