Test 4 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer…
Is it TRUE or FALSE? «Toad was badly hurt at his gate.»
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: it · What happens: be, hurt · To what, where: Toad, gate
This is test 4 · ★★★ 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: Is it TRUE or FALSE?
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 | 3 TRUE | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 TRUE | nsubj |
| 3 | TRUE | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 FALSE | cc |
| 5 | FALSE | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 TRUE | conj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 TRUE | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | tree rules |
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: «Toad was badly hurt at his gate.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 hurt | punct |
| 2 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 hurt | aux:pass |
| 4 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 hurt | advmod |
| 5 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 gate | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 gate | nmod:poss |
| 8 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hurt | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 hurt | punct |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 hurt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt in a quote | past · passive | Toad | Toad's gate | badly property | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
The options
Option 1
True: the ferret shot his arm off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 shot | advcl |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 shot | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ferret | det |
| 4 | ferret | ferret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shot | nsubj |
| 5 | shot | shoot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 arm | nmod:poss |
| 7 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shot | obj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 shot | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shoot off | past | the ferret | ferret's arm | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme |
Option 2
False: he ran off unhurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | False | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ran | advcl |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 ran | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ran | nsubj |
| 4 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 ran | compound:prt |
| 6 | unhurt | unhurt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ran | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run off | past | he | unhurt property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
False: he dropped flat and the shot whistled over his head
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | False | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 dropped | advcl |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 dropped | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dropped | nsubj |
| 4 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 dropped | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 whistled | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 shot | det |
| 8 | shot | shot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 whistled | nsubj |
| 9 | whistled | whistle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dropped | conj |
| 10 | over | over | ADP | _ | 12 head | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 head | nmod:poss |
| 12 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 whistled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | past | he | flat property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | whistle | past | the shot | shot's head | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over head=Location |
Option 4
True: he was badly hurt at his gate by the ferret's gun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 hurt | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 hurt | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 hurt | aux:pass |
| 5 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 hurt | advmod |
| 6 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 gate | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 gate | nmod:poss |
| 9 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hurt | obl |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 gun | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 ferret | det |
| 12 | ferret | ferret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gun | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 ferret | case |
| 14 | gun | gun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hurt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | past · passive | the ferret's gun | True | his gate | badly property | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Patient |
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