Test 4 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Ad…

Leo, salty (annoyed): «the barge-woman was evil-minded, Toad said so.» Is Toad a fair judge?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: barge woman, Toad · What happens: be, say · To what, where: fair judge · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★★ 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: Leo, salty (annoyed): «the barge-woman was evil-minded, Toad said so.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Leo	punct
3	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Leo	list
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 annoyed	punct
5	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Leo	parataxis
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 annoyed	punct
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 minded	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 minded	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 woman	det
10	barge	barge	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 woman	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 barge	punct
12	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 minded	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 minded	cop
14	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 minded	amod
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 evil	punct
16	minded	minded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Leo	parataxis
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 said	punct
18	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 said	nsubj
19	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 minded	conj
20	so	so	ADV	_	19 said	advmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 minded	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 minded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	the barge woman					minded property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert in a quote	past	Toad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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: Is Toad a fair judge?

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	5 judge	cop
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Is	nsubj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 judge	det
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 judge	amod
5	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 judge	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Yes, she was an evil woman, but Toad was only sensible in saying so, as her manner showed from the start

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 woman	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 woman	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 woman	cop
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 woman	det
6	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 woman	amod
7	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sensible	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 sensible	cc
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 sensible	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 sensible	cop
12	only	only	ADV	_	13 sensible	advmod
13	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 woman	conj
14	in	in	SCONJ	_	15 saying	mark
15	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 sensible	advcl
16	so	so	ADV	_	15 saying	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 showed	punct
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	21 showed	mark
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 manner	nmod:poss
20	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 showed	nsubj
21	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 sensible	conj
22	from	from	ADP	_	24 start	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 start	det
24	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 showed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	she	a evil woman			tree rules
2	is	past	Toad			sensible property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	gerund	Toad not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	show	past	Toad's manner		the start		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

No: she was kind until he lied, boasted and insulted her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 kind	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 kind	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 kind	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 kind	cop
5	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 lied	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lied	nsubj
8	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 kind	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 boasted	punct
10	boasted	boast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lied	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 insulted	cc
12	insulted	insult	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lied	conj
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 insulted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	she		kind property	tree rules
2	lie	past	he			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	boast speech: other	past	he not said here			vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	insult	past	he not said here	her = she		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer

Option 3

Yes, because Toad was the one who had been kind to her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 one	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 one	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 one	mark
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 one	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 one	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 kind	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 kind	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 kind	cop
11	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	acl:relcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 kind	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Toad	the one					tree rules
2	is	past · perfect	the one		Toad			kind property	tree rules

Option 4

No, because she was kind, but Toad lied to her, boasted about himself, and then insulted her cruelly as she stood there

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 kind	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 kind	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 kind	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 kind	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 kind	cop
6	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 lied	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 lied	cc
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 lied	nsubj
10	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 kind	parataxis
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 her	case
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 lied	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 boasted	punct
14	boasted	boast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 lied	conj
15	about	about	ADP	_	16 himself	case
16	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	14 boasted	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 insulted	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 insulted	cc
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 insulted	advmod
20	insulted	insult	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 kind	advcl
21	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 cruelly	nmod:poss
22	cruelly	cruelly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 insulted	obj
23	as	as	SCONJ	_	25 stood	mark
24	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 stood	nsubj
25	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 insulted	advcl
26	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	25 stood	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					kind property	tree rules
2	lie	past	Toad		her = she				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	boast speech: other	past	Toad not said here					about Toad	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about himself=Topic
4	insult	past	she not said here	her cruelly			then		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cruelly=Experiencer
5	stand	past	she			there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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