Test 3 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return o…

Is it TRUE or FALSE? «Mole's trick with the sentries made no difference.»

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, trick, Mole · What happens: be, make, trick · To what, where: difference

This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 71 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return of Ulysses (four Heroes, five minutes and clean sheets)» 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: «Mole's trick with the sentries made no difference.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 made	punct
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 trick	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Mole	case
4	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 sentries	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sentries	det
7	sentries	sentry	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 trick	nmod
8	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 difference	det
10	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 made	punct
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make in a quote	past	Mole's trick with the sentries	no difference					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset difference=Product
2	trick in a quote		Mole					with the sentries	nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl

The options

Option 1

False: the stoats thought they were betrayed and fought the weasels in the dark

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 thought	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stoats	det
4	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 thought	nsubj
5	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 False	parataxis
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 betrayed	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 betrayed	aux:pass
8	betrayed	betray	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 thought	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fought	cc
10	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 thought	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 weasels	det
12	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fought	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 dark	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 dark	det
15	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	the stoats			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	betray	past · passive		stoats = stoat		tree rules
3	fight	past	the stoats not said here	the weasels	the dark	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weasel=Co-Agent

Option 2

True: the stoats were tricked into fighting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tricked	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 tricked	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stoats	det
4	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tricked	nsubj:pass
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tricked	aux:pass
6	tricked	trick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 fighting	case
8	fighting	fighting	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tricked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past · passive		the stoats				into fighting result	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient into fighting=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

False: the stoats thought they were betrayed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thought	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 thought	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stoats	det
4	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 thought	nsubj
5	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 betrayed	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 betrayed	aux:pass
8	betrayed	betray	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	the stoats						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	betray	past · passive		stoats = stoat					tree rules

Option 4

False: the stoats thought they were betrayed and then attacked the weasels at once

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 thought	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stoats	det
4	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 thought	nsubj
5	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 False	parataxis
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 betrayed	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 betrayed	aux:pass
8	betrayed	betray	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 thought	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 attacked	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 attacked	advmod
11	attacked	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 betrayed	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 weasels	det
13	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 attacked	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 once	case
15	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	11 attacked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	the stoats			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	betray	past · passive		stoats = stoat		tree rules
3	attack	past		the weasels	then	vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weasel=Patient

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