Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer…
Is it TRUE or FALSE? «Badger shouts very loudly to stop the argument.»
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, Badger · What happens: be, shout, stop · To what, where: argument
This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: 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: «Badger shouts very loudly to stop the argument.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 shouts | punct |
| 2 | Badger | badger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shouts | nsubj |
| 3 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 loudly | advmod |
| 5 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 3 shouts | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 stop | mark |
| 7 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 shouts | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 argument | det |
| 9 | argument | argument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stop | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shouts | punct |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 shouts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express in a quote | present | Badger | loudly property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | stop in a quote | to-infinitive | Badger not said here | the argument | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality argument=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
True: Badger shouts very loudly at the whole room of animals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Badger | amod |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 True | punct |
| 3 | Badger | Badger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 shouts | nsubj |
| 4 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 loudly | advmod |
| 6 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 4 shouts | advmod |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 room | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 room | det |
| 9 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 room | amod |
| 10 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shouts | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 animals | case |
| 12 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 room | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present | True Badger | the whole room of animals | loudly property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
False: Toad shouts loudly and everyone falls silent at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | False | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 shouts | ccomp |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 shouts | punct |
| 3 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 shouts | nsubj |
| 4 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 4 shouts | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 falls | cc |
| 7 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 8 falls | nsubj |
| 8 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 shouts | conj |
| 9 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 falls | xcomp |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 once | case |
| 11 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 8 falls | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present | Toad | loudly property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | fall | present | everyone | silent property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
False: it is a thin, dry voice — and everyone goes silent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | False | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 voice | amod |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 voice | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 voice | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 voice | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 voice | det |
| 6 | thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 voice | amod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 thin | punct |
| 8 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 voice | amod |
| 9 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 goes | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 goes | cc |
| 12 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 13 goes | nsubj |
| 13 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 voice | conj |
| 14 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 goes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a False thin dry voice | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | present | everyone | silent property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
False: it is a thin, dry voice, and everyone goes silent, but Toad keeps on talking
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | False | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 voice | amod |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 voice | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 voice | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 voice | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 voice | det |
| 6 | thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 voice | amod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 thin | punct |
| 8 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 voice | amod |
| 9 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 goes | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 goes | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 goes | cc |
| 12 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 13 goes | nsubj |
| 13 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 goes | xcomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 keeps | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 18 keeps | cc |
| 17 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 keeps | nsubj |
| 18 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 goes | conj |
| 19 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 20 talking | mark |
| 20 | talking | talk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 keeps | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a False thin dry voice | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | present | a False thin dry voice | silent property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | keep | present | Toad | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | talk | gerund | Toad not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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