Test 1 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer…

Ruby, it's giving (it looks like) drama: «the Rat was well chuffed to see Toad, gave him a hero's welcome.» Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, hero, you · What happens: give, look, chuff, see, welcome, put · To what, where: Rat, Toad, welcome

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 65 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (home at the Rat's, a telling-off, and bad news)» 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: Ruby, it's giving (it looks like) drama: «the Rat was well chuffed to see Toad, gave him a hero's welcome.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 giving	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ruby	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 giving	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 giving	aux
5	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	(	(	PUNCT	_	8 looks	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 looks	nsubj
8	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 giving	parataxis
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 drama	case
10	)	)	PUNCT	_	9 like	punct
11	drama	drama	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 looks	obl
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 giving	punct
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 chuffed	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Rat	det
15	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 chuffed	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 chuffed	aux:pass
17	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	18 chuffed	advmod
18	chuffed	chuff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 giving	advcl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 see	mark
20	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 chuffed	xcomp
21	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 see	obj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 gave	punct
23	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 chuffed	conj
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 gave	iobj
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 hero	det
26	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 welcome	nmod:poss
27	's	's	PART	_	26 hero	case
28	welcome	welcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 gave	obj
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 chuffed	punct
30	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 chuffed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	give	present · progressive	it			Ruby vocative	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	look	present	it			like drama	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	chuff in a quote	past · passive		the Rat		well property	tree rules
4	see in a quote	to-infinitive		Toad			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer toad=Stimulus
5	give in a quote	past		a hero's welcome	Toad		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient welcome=Theme
6	welcome in a quote		a hero				nom welcome «state transitive»: poss=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: Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	welcome				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

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

Rat helped him but sent him upstairs at once and later told him off seriously

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 helped	nsubj
2	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 helped	obj
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 sent	cc
5	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 helped	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sent	obj
7	upstairs	upstairs	ADV	_	5 sent	advmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 sent	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 told	cc
11	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 told	advmod
12	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 helped	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 told	iobj
14	off	off	ADP	_	12 told	compound:prt
15	seriously	seriously	ADV	_	12 told	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	help	past	Rat		him = he		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary
2	send	past	Rat not said here	Rat		upstairs property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	tell off speech: assert	past	Rat not said here		Rat	late, seriously property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 2

Rat helped him out of the water, then sent him upstairs at once and later told him off seriously and at length about his foolishness

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 helped	nsubj
2	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 helped	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	7 water	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 helped	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sent	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 sent	advmod
10	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 helped	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sent	obj
12	upstairs	upstairs	ADV	_	10 sent	advmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 once	case
14	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	10 sent	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 told	cc
16	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	17 told	advmod
17	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 helped	conj
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 told	iobj
19	off	off	ADP	_	17 told	compound:prt
20	seriously	seriously	ADV	_	23 length	advmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 length	cc
22	at	at	ADP	_	23 length	case
23	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 told	ccomp
24	about	about	ADP	_	26 foolishness	case
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 foolishness	nmod:poss
26	foolishness	foolishness	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 length	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	past	Rat		him = he	the water			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary
2	send	past	Rat not said here	Rat			then	upstairs property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	tell off speech: assert	past	Rat not said here		Rat			late property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 3

Rat rescued him and then fed him a hot supper with cake and tea gladly

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 rescued	nsubj
2	rescued	rescue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rescued	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 fed	cc
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 fed	advmod
6	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rescued	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fed	obj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 supper	det
9	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 supper	amod
10	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fed	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 cake	case
12	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 supper	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 tea	cc
14	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 supper	conj
15	gladly	gladly	ADV	_	6 fed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue	past	Rat	him = he					vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	feed	past	Rat not said here	a hot supper and tea	Rat		then	gladly property	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient supper=Theme

Option 4

Rat pulled him out and laughed at him all through the evening

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pulled	nsubj
2	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pulled	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	2 pulled	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 laughed	cc
6	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pulled	conj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 laughed	obl
9	all	all	ADV	_	12 evening	advmod
10	through	through	ADP	_	12 evening	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 evening	det
12	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 laughed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull out	past	Rat	him = he					tree rules
2	laugh	past	Rat not said here				evening	at Rat	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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