Test 1 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer…
Zara, gutted (very disappointed): «Mole and Badger just ran off and left Toad Hall to the weasels.» Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Zara, you · What happens: gut, run off, leave, put · To what, where: Zara, Toad Hall, weasels, it
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 66 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (how Toad Hall was taken, a gun at the gate and a sunken boat)» 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: Zara, gutted (very disappointed): «Mole and Badger just ran off and left Toad Hall to the weasels.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zara | Zara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 ran | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 gutted | punct |
| 3 | gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Zara | acl |
| 4 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 6 disappointed | punct |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 disappointed | advmod |
| 6 | disappointed | disappointed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gutted | conj |
| 7 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 6 disappointed | punct |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 ran | punct |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 Mole | punct |
| 10 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 ran | nsubj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 Badger | cc |
| 12 | Badger | Badger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Mole | conj |
| 13 | just | just | ADV | _ | 14 ran | advmod |
| 14 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | off | off | ADP | _ | 14 ran | compound:prt |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 left | cc |
| 17 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 ran | conj |
| 18 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Hall | compound |
| 19 | Hall | Hall | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 left | obj |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 weasels | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 weasels | det |
| 22 | weasels | weasel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 left | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 ran | punct |
| 24 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 ran | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gut | participle | Zara not said here | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | run off in a quote | past | Zara | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | leave in a quote | past | Zara not said here | Toad Hall | the weasels | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hall=Theme to weasel=Recipient |
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 | it | 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
They fought, but two unarmed animals were beaten by hundreds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 fought | nsubj |
| 2 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 beaten | punct |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 beaten | cc |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 animals | nummod |
| 6 | unarmed | unarmed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 animals | amod |
| 7 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 beaten | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 beaten | aux:pass |
| 9 | beaten | beat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 fought | parataxis |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 hundreds | case |
| 11 | hundreds | hundred | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 beaten | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | past | They | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | beat | past · passive | hundreds | two unarmed animals | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme |
Option 2
They fled to the nearby woods
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 fled | nsubj |
| 2 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 woods | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 woods | det |
| 5 | nearby | nearby | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 woods | amod |
| 6 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 fled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flee | past | They | the nearby woods | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to wood=Initial_Location |
Option 3
They were beaten before they could fight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 beaten | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 beaten | aux:pass |
| 3 | beaten | beat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 7 fight | mark |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 fight | nsubj |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 fight | aux |
| 7 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 beaten | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beat | past · passive | They | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | fight | could | they | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
They hid under the house quietly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | under | under | ADP | _ | 5 house | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 house | det |
| 5 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hid | obl |
| 6 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 2 hid | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | They | the house | quietly property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under house=Location |
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