Test 2 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Ad…

Why did «Be careful, washerwoman!» make Toad so cross?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: washerwoman · What happens: be, make · To what, where: Toad

This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 64 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Adventures of Toad (the horse-pond, the chase and a face in the bank)» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 careful	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 careful	aux
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 careful	punct
4	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 careful	cop
5	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 make	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 washerwoman	punct
7	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 make	nsubj
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 washerwoman	punct
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 washerwoman	punct
10	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 make	obj
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 cross	advmod
13	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 make	xcomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past · do-support						careful property	tree rules
2	make	infinitive	washerwoman	Toad				cross property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset toad=Product

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 right answer

He hated being thought a washerwoman and wanted to be the famous Toad

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	4 thought	nsubj
2	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thought	aux:pass
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 thought	aux:pass
4	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 washerwoman	det
6	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thought	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wanted	cc
8	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thought	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	13 Toad	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 Toad	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Toad	det
12	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Toad	amod
13	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	think speech: other	past · passive	He	vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme washerwoman=Attribute
2	want	past		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	is a	to-infinitive	the famous Toad	tree rules

Option 2

He was insulted to be mistaken for a washerwoman

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 insulted	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 insulted	aux:pass
3	insulted	insult	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 mistaken	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 mistaken	aux:pass
6	mistaken	mistake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 insulted	xcomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 washerwoman	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 washerwoman	det
9	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mistaken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	insult	past · passive		He					tree rules
2	mistake	to-infinitive · passive						for a washerwoman	tree rules

Option 3

He hated being thought a washerwoman, so he wanted to prove he was a brave and skilled motorist who had never failed at anything in his life

The tree, 27 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	4 thought	nsubj
2	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thought	aux:pass
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 thought	aux:pass
4	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 washerwoman	det
6	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thought	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wanted	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 wanted	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wanted	nsubj
10	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thought	ccomp
11	to	to	PART	_	12 prove	mark
12	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 wanted	xcomp
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 motorist	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 motorist	cop
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 motorist	det
16	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 motorist	amod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 skilled	cc
18	skilled	skilled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 brave	conj
19	motorist	motorist	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 prove	ccomp
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 failed	nsubj
21	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 failed	aux
22	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	23 failed	advmod
23	failed	fail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 motorist	acl:relcl
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 anything	case
25	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	23 failed	obl
26	in	in	ADP	_	28 life	case
27	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 life	nmod:poss
28	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 anything	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	think speech: other	past · passive		He		tree rules
2	want	past	he			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	prove not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
4	is a	past	he	a brave motorist		tree rules
5	not fail	past · perfect	a brave motorist		anything	vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent at anything=Eventuality

Option 4

He hated being mistaken for a washerwoman and was determined to show everyone that he was the famous Toad of Toad Hall

The tree, 22 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	4 mistaken	nsubj
2	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 mistaken	aux:pass
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 mistaken	aux:pass
4	mistaken	mistake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 washerwoman	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 washerwoman	det
7	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mistaken	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 determined	cc
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 determined	cop
10	determined	determined	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mistaken	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 show	mark
12	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 determined	xcomp
13	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 show	obj
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 Toad	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 Toad	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 Toad	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Toad	det
18	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 Toad	amod
19	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 everyone	nmod
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 Hall	case
21	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 Hall	compound
22	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Toad	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	mistake	past · passive		He		for a washerwoman	tree rules
2	is	past				determined property	tree rules
3	show	to-infinitive			everyone		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient
4	is a	past	he	the famous Toad		of Toad Hall	tree rules

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