Test 18 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer…
★★★ «In half an hour's time he'll be quite a different animal.» What kind of «different» does the Rat mean?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, kind · What happens: be, mean · To what, where: different animal
This is test 18 · ★★★ of lesson 67 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (loyal friends, cold pie and «Be quiet at once!»)» 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: ★★★ «In half an hour's time he'll be quite a different animal.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 17 animal | punct |
| 5 | In | in | ADP | _ | 10 time | case |
| 6 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 8 hour | det:predet |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 hour | det |
| 8 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 time | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 hour | case |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 animal | obl |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 animal | nsubj |
| 12 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 animal | aux |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 17 animal | cop |
| 14 | quite | quite | DET | PronType=Ind | 17 animal | det:predet |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 animal | det |
| 16 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 animal | amod |
| 17 | animal | animal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | appos |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 ★ | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 ★ | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | future | ★ | quite different animal | time | 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: What kind of «different» does the Rat mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 kind | det |
| 2 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 mean | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 different | mark |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 different | punct |
| 5 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 kind | acl |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 different | punct |
| 7 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 mean | aux |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Rat | det |
| 9 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 mean | nsubj |
| 10 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | what kind | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Fatter and more cheerful after his supper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fatter | fat | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 cheerful | cc |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 cheerful | advmod |
| 4 | cheerful | cheerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Fatter | conj |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 supper | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 supper | nmod:poss |
| 7 | supper | supper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fatter | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
In a better mood, not a different kind of creature
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 mood | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 mood | det |
| 3 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 mood | amod |
| 4 | mood | mood | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 kind | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 kind | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 kind | det |
| 8 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 kind | amod |
| 9 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mood | appos |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 creature | case |
| 11 | creature | creature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 kind | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
In a better mood, not a different kind of creature, because he is only hungry and cross at present
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 mood | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 mood | det |
| 3 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 mood | amod |
| 4 | mood | mood | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 kind | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 kind | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 kind | det |
| 8 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 kind | amod |
| 9 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mood | appos |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 creature | case |
| 11 | creature | creature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 kind | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 hungry | punct |
| 13 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 17 hungry | mark |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 hungry | nsubj |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 hungry | cop |
| 16 | only | only | ADV | _ | 17 hungry | advmod |
| 17 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 kind | conj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 cross | cc |
| 19 | cross | cross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 hungry | conj |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 present | case |
| 21 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 hungry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | present | hungry property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be | he not said here | tree rules |
Option 4
Calmer and kinder once he has had his full supper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calmer | calm | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 kinder | cc |
| 3 | kinder | kind | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Calmer | conj |
| 4 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 7 had | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 had | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 had | aux |
| 7 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 1 Calmer | advcl |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 supper | nmod:poss |
| 9 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 supper | amod |
| 10 | supper | supper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 had | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present · perfect | he | his full supper | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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