Test 1 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer… Max, big yikes (that's bad): «Toad's dad didn't trust him with a secret?! That's harsh.» Why didn't he?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: that, dad · What happens: be, not trust, not do · To what, where: Max, Toad
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 68 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (the secret passage, the birthday banquet and «learn 'em»)» 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: Max, big yikes (that's bad): «Toad's dad didn't trust him with a secret?!
punct amod conj punct nsubj cop parataxis punct punct punct nmod:poss case nsubj aux advmod acl:relcl obj case det obl punct root Max PROPN , PUNCT big ADJ yikes NOUN ( PUNCT that PRON 's AUX bad ADJ ) PUNCT : PUNCT « PUNCT Toad PROPN 's PART dad NOUN did AUX n't PART trust VERB him PRON with ADP a DET secret NOUN ?! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Max Max PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 4 yikes punct 3 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 4 yikes amod 4 yikes yike NOUN Number=Plur 1 Max conj 5 ( ( PUNCT _ 8 bad punct 6 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 8 bad nsubj 7 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 bad cop 8 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 4 yikes parataxis 9 ) ) PUNCT _ 8 bad punct 10 : : PUNCT _ 17 trust punct 11 « « PUNCT _ 17 trust punct 12 Toad Toad PROPN Number=Sing 14 dad nmod:poss 13 's 's PART _ 12 Toad case 14 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 17 trust nsubj 15 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 17 trust aux 16 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 17 trust advmod 17 trust trust VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Max acl:relcl 18 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 trust obj 19 with with ADP _ 21 secret case 20 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 21 secret det 21 secret secret NOUN Number=Sing 17 trust obl 22 ?! ?! PUNCT _ 1 Max punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present that bad property tree rules 2 not trust in a quote past · do-support Toad's dad Max and big yikes not said here Toad with a secret vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with secret=Theme
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: That's harsh.»
nsubj cop punct punct root That PRON 's AUX harsh ADJ . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 harsh nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 harsh cop 3 harsh harsh ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 . . PUNCT _ 3 harsh punct 5 » » PUNCT _ 3 harsh punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present That harsh property tree rules
Sentence 3: Why didn't he?
advcl advmod nsubj punct root Why ADV did VERB n't PART he PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Rel root root 2 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Why advcl 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 2 did advmod 4 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Why nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 Why punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not do past vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Toad «cannot hold his tongue»
punct aux advmod parataxis nmod:poss obj punct root Toad PROPN « PUNCT can AUX not PART hold VERB his PRON tongue NOUN » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Toad Toad PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 « « PUNCT _ 5 hold punct 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 hold aux 4 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 hold advmod 5 hold hold VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Toad parataxis 6 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 tongue nmod:poss 7 tongue tongue NOUN Number=Sing 5 hold obj 8 » » PUNCT _ 5 hold punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not hold in a quote can Toad's tongue vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme
Option 2 Toad «talks in his sleep»
nsubj punct case nmod:poss obl punct root Toad PROPN « PUNCT talks VERB in ADP his PRON sleep NOUN » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Toad Toad PROPN Number=Sing 3 talks nsubj 2 « « PUNCT _ 3 talks punct 3 talks talk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 in in ADP _ 6 sleep case 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 sleep nmod:poss 6 sleep sleep NOUN Number=Sing 3 talks obl 7 » » PUNCT _ 3 talks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 talk in a quote present Toad Toad's sleep vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 sleep in a quote Toad nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent
Option 3 He thought Toad was too lazy
nsubj nsubj aux advmod ccomp root He PRON thought VERB Toad PROPN was AUX too ADV lazy ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 thought nsubj 2 thought think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 Toad Toad PROPN Number=Sing 6 lazy nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 lazy aux 5 too too ADV _ 6 lazy advmod 6 lazy lazy ADJ Degree=Pos 2 thought ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 think speech: other past He vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 Toad had once sold the family silver to a weasel and lied about it
nsubj:pass aux advmod det compound obj case det obl cc conj case obl root Toad PROPN had AUX once ADV sold VERB the DET family NOUN silver NOUN to ADP a DET weasel NOUN and CCONJ lied VERB about ADP it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Toad Toad PROPN Number=Sing 4 sold nsubj:pass 2 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 sold aux 3 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 4 sold advmod 4 sold sell VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 silver det 6 family family NOUN Number=Sing 7 silver compound 7 silver silver NOUN Number=Sing 4 sold obj 8 to to ADP _ 10 weasel case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 weasel det 10 weasel weasel NOUN Number=Sing 4 sold obl 11 and and CCONJ _ 12 lied cc 12 lied lie VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 sold conj 13 about about ADP _ 14 it case 14 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 lied obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sell past · perfect · passive Toad to a weasel; once property vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient silver=Theme 2 lie past about weasel vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about it=Location
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