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

Mia, «I'm dead» (that's so funny): «the posh blokes flying into the pond!» Who actually flew through the air?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, that, posh blokes · What happens: be, fly · To what, where: pond, air

This is test 4 · ★★★ 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

Sentence 1: Mia, «I'm dead» (that's so funny): «the posh blokes flying into the pond!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dead	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 dead	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 dead	nsubj
5	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dead	cop
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Mia	parataxis
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 dead	punct
8	(	(	PUNCT	_	12 funny	punct
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 funny	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 funny	cop
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 funny	advmod
12	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Mia	parataxis
13	)	)	PUNCT	_	12 funny	punct
14	:	:	PUNCT	_	18 blokes	punct
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 blokes	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 blokes	det
17	posh	posh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 blokes	amod
18	blokes	bloke	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Mia	appos
19	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 blokes	acl
20	into	into	ADP	_	22 pond	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 pond	det
22	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 flying	obl
23	!	!	PUNCT	_	18 blokes	punct
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 blokes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	I	dead property	tree rules
2	is	present	that	funny property	tree rules
3	fly in a quote	gerund	the posh blokes not said here	into the pond result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into pond=Result

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: Who actually flew through the air?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 flew	nsubj
2	actually	actually	ADV	_	3 flew	advmod
3	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 air	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 air	det
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flew	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 flew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past				the air		actually property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent through air=Location

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Toad flew, and the men landed on the lane, while the car was left upside down in the horse-pond behind them

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 flew	nsubj
2	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 landed	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 landed	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 men	det
6	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 landed	nsubj
7	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 flew	conj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 lane	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lane	det
10	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 landed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 left	punct
12	while	while	SCONJ	_	16 left	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 car	det
14	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 left	nsubj:pass
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 left	aux:pass
16	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 flew	conj
17	upside	upside	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 left	obj
18	down	down	ADV	_	16 left	advmod
19	in	in	ADP	_	23 pond	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 pond	det
21	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 pond	compound
22	-	-	PUNCT	_	21 horse	punct
23	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 left	obl
24	behind	behind	ADP	_	25 them	case
25	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 pond	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fly	past	Toad				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	land	past	the men		the lane		vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on lane=Destination
3	leave down	past · passive		the car	the horse pond behind men	down property	vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme upside=Attribute

Option 2

The policemen flew through the air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 policemen	det
2	policemen	policeman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 flew	nsubj
3	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 air	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 air	det
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	the policemen			the air			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=Location

Option 3

Toad flew; the car sank in the lane

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 flew	nsubj
2	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 sank	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 car	det
5	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sank	nsubj
6	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 flew	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 lane	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lane	det
9	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sank	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	Toad						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sink	past	the car			the lane			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Toad flew; the men ended up in the pond with the car

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 flew	nsubj
2	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 ended	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 men	det
5	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ended	nsubj
6	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 flew	conj
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 ended	compound:prt
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 pond	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pond	det
10	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ended	obl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 car	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 car	det
13	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pond	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	Toad						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	end up	past	the men					in the pond with the car result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in pond=Result

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