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Test 5 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer…

Josh, no cap (honestly): «Rat's speech was savage, Toad hated him after.» What does the book say?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: speech, Toad, Rat, book · What happens: be, hate, speak, say · To what, where: Josh · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Josh, no cap (honestly): «Rat's speech was savage, Toad hated him after.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Josh	Josh	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 cap	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 cap	punct
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 cap	det
4	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 honestly	punct
6	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	4 cap	advmod
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 honestly	punct
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 savage	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 savage	punct
10	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 speech	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Rat	case
12	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 savage	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 savage	cop
14	savage	savage	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cap	parataxis
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 hated	punct
16	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 hated	nsubj
17	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 savage	advcl
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 hated	obj
19	after	after	ADV	_	17 hated	advmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cap	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 cap	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	Rat's speech					savage property	tree rules
2	hate in a quote	past	Toad	Josh				after property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3	speak in a quote		Rat						nom speech «communication 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: What does the book say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 say	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 book	det
4	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	the book						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Toad cried all night and never spoke to the Rat again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 night	det
4	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cried	obl:unmarked
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 spoke	cc
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 spoke	advmod
7	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cried	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 Rat	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Rat	det
10	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 spoke	obl
11	again	again	ADV	_	7 spoke	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	Toad				night		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not speak speech: other	past	Toad not said here				again	to the Rat	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to rat=Co-Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Toad forgave the Rat at once and thanked him kindly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 forgave	nsubj
2	forgave	forgive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 forgave	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 once	case
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 forgave	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 thanked	cc
8	thanked	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 forgave	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 thanked	obj
10	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	8 thanked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forgive	past	Toad	the Rat					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Theme
2	thank speech: thank	past	Toad not said here		Toad			kindly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Toad never minded being told off by his real friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 minded	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 minded	advmod
3	minded	mind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 told	aux:pass
5	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 minded	xcomp
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 told	compound:prt
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 friends	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 friends	nmod:poss
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 friends	amod
10	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 minded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mind	past	Toad					by Toad's real friends	vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	tell off speech: assert	gerund · passive	Toad not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»

Option 4

Toad never forgave the Rat for the speech and always stayed angry with him afterwards

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 forgave	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 forgave	advmod
3	forgave	forgive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 forgave	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 speech	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 speech	det
8	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgave	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 stayed	cc
10	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 stayed	advmod
11	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 forgave	conj
12	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 stayed	xcomp
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stayed	obl
15	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	11 stayed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not forgive	past	Toad	the Rat				for the speech	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent rat=Theme for speech=Attribute
2	stay	past	Toad not said here					with Toad; afterwards, always, angry property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with he=Location

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