Test 15 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer…

★★★ «Or any other time?» Why did the stoats turn pink and not laugh?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stoats · What happens: turn, not laugh

This is test 15 · ★★★ of lesson 69 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (Mole the washerwoman and the badgers that never were)» 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: ★★★ «Or any other time?»

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	_	8 time	punct
5	Or	or	CCONJ	_	8 time	cc
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 time	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 ★	appos
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 time	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 time	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: Why did the stoats turn pink and not laugh?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 turn	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 turn	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stoats	det
4	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 turn	nsubj
5	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	pink	pink	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 turn	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 laugh	cc
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 laugh	advmod
9	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 turn	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 turn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past · do-support	the stoats					pink property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	not laugh	infinitive	the stoats not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They realised the joke was aimed at their own dirty habits and felt very embarrassed indeed

The tree, 16 words

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 realised	nsubj
2	realised	realise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 joke	det
4	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 aimed	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 aimed	aux:pass
6	aimed	aim	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 realised	ccomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	11 habits	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 habits	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 habits	amod
10	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 habits	amod
11	habits	habit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 aimed	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 felt	cc
13	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 realised	conj
14	very	very	ADV	_	15 embarrassed	advmod
15	embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 felt	xcomp
16	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	13 felt	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	realise	past	They				tree rules
2	aim	past · passive		the joke	their own dirty habits		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	feel	past	They not said here			embarrassed, indeed property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They understood the joke was about them

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 understood	nsubj
2	understood	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 joke	det
4	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 understood	obj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 them	cop
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 joke	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	understand	past	They	the joke					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer joke=Stimulus
2	is	past						about them = they	tree rules

Option 3

They realised the insult was aimed at them

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 realised	nsubj
2	realised	realise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 insult	det
4	insult	insult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 aimed	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 aimed	aux:pass
6	aimed	aim	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 realised	ccomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 aimed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	realise	past	They						tree rules
2	aim	past · passive		the insult				at them = they	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The rude comment about dirty animals made them blush because they knew it was about the way they never washed

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 comment	det
2	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 comment	amod
3	comment	comment	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 way	nsubj
4	about	about	SCONJ	_	7 made	mark
5	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 animals	amod
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 made	nsubj
7	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 comment	acl:relcl
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 made	obj
9	blush	blush	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 made	xcomp
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 knew	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 knew	nsubj
12	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 made	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 knew	obj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 way	cop
15	about	about	ADP	_	17 way	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 way	det
17	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 washed	nsubj
19	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	20 washed	advmod
20	washed	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 way	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	past	dirty animals	them = they	blush property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product
2	know	past	animals = animal	comment		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
3	is	past	the rude comment		about the way	tree rules
4	not wash	past	animals = animal	the way not said here		vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient

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