Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Ad…

«Ingenious Mr. Toad!» Is steering a car into a pond really ingenious?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: steer · To what, where: car

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: «Ingenious Mr. Toad!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 Toad	punct
2	Ingenious	Ingenious	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Toad	compound
3	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Toad	nmod:desc
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 Toad	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 Toad	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: Is steering a car into a pond really ingenious?

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	2 steering	aux
2	steering	steer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 ingenious	csubj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 car	det
4	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 steering	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 pond	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pond	det
7	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ingenious	obl
8	really	really	ADV	_	9 ingenious	advmod
9	ingenious	ingenious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 ingenious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steer	present · progressive		a car					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No — it is just reckless; Toad turns his bad luck into boasting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 reckless	discourse
2	—	-	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 reckless	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 reckless	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 reckless	advmod
6	reckless	reckless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 turns	punct
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 turns	nsubj
9	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 reckless	parataxis
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 luck	nmod:poss
11	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 luck	amod
12	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 turns	obj
13	into	into	ADP	_	14 boasting	case
14	boasting	boasting	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					reckless property	tree rules
2	turn	present	Toad	Toad's bad luck		boasting			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent luck=Theme into boasting=Trajectory

Option 2

No, but he should be praised for his bravery and his courage in facing the men and the policemen so cheerfully

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 praised	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 praised	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 praised	cc
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 praised	nsubj:pass
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 praised	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 praised	aux:pass
7	praised	praise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 bravery	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 bravery	nmod:poss
10	bravery	bravery	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 praised	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 courage	cc
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 courage	nmod:poss
13	courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bravery	conj
14	in	in	SCONJ	_	15 facing	mark
15	facing	face	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 praised	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 men	det
17	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 facing	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 policemen	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 policemen	det
20	policemen	policeman	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 men	conj
21	so	so	ADV	_	22 cheerfully	advmod
22	cheerfully	cheerfully	ADV	_	15 facing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	should · passive		he				for his bravery and his courage	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for bravery=Attribute
2	face	gerund			the men and the policemen			cheerfully property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme man=Destination

Option 3

Yes, it shows real skill, because steering a car into a pond on purpose requires a steady hand and quick thinking

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 shows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shows	nsubj
4	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 skill	amod
6	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shows	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 requires	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	17 requires	mark
9	steering	steer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 requires	csubj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 car	det
11	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 steering	obj
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 pond	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 pond	det
14	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 steering	obl
15	on	on	ADP	_	16 purpose	case
16	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 steering	obl
17	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 shows	conj
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 hand	det
19	steady	steady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 hand	amod
20	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 requires	obj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 thinking	cc
22	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 thinking	amod
23	thinking	thinking	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 hand	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	show	present	it	real skill			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent skill=Recipient
2	steer	gerund		a car	a pond	on purpose	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent car=Theme into pond=Destination
3	require	present	steering	a steady hand and quick thinking			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hand=Precondition

Option 4

Yes — he showed great skill in steering

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 showed	discourse
2	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 showed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 showed	nsubj
4	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 skill	amod
6	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 showed	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 steering	case
8	steering	steering	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 showed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	he	great skill				in steering	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent skill=Patient in steering=Topic

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