Test 8 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return o…

Jamie, sweet as (great): «Mole was dead kind to the prisoners at the end, eh?» Is he right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mole, he · What happens: be · To what, where: dead kind

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: Jamie, sweet as (great): «Mole was dead kind to the prisoners at the end, eh?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jamie	Jamie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sweet	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Jamie	punct
3	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 great	case
5	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 great	punct
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sweet	obl
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 great	punct
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 kind	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 kind	punct
10	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 kind	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 kind	cop
12	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 kind	amod
13	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sweet	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 prisoners	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 prisoners	det
16	prisoners	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 kind	nmod
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 end	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 end	det
19	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 prisoners	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 eh	punct
21	eh	eh	INTJ	_	13 kind	discourse
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 sweet	punct
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 sweet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past	Mole	dead kind				to the prisoners at the end	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: Is he right?

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 right	cop
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No, not really: he made them clean the house and then he let them go free

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 really	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 really	punct
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 really	advmod
4	really	really	ADV	_	7 made	advmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 really	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 made	nsubj
7	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 made	obj
9	clean	clean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 made	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 house	det
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 clean	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 let	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 let	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 let	nsubj
15	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 made	conj
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 let	obj
17	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 let	xcomp
18	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 go	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	he	them = they			tree rules
2	clean	infinitive	them = they not said here	the house			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent house=Patient
3	let	infinitive	he	them = they	then		tree rules
4	go	infinitive	them = they not said here			free property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes: no licking, a roll each, and he let them go with a warm goodbye to all

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	12 let	discourse
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 licking	punct
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 licking	det
4	licking	licking	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 let	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 roll	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 roll	det
7	roll	roll	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 licking	appos
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 roll	nmod:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 let	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 let	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 let	nsubj
12	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 let	obj
14	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 let	xcomp
15	with	with	ADP	_	18 goodbye	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 goodbye	det
17	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 goodbye	amod
18	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 go	obl
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 all	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	infinitive	no licking	them = they					tree rules
2	go	infinitive	them = they not said here			all		with a warm goodbye	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to all=Initial_Location

Option 3

No: he beat them and kept them in the cellar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 beat	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 beat	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 beat	nsubj
4	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 beat	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 kept	cc
7	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 beat	conj
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 kept	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 cellar	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cellar	det
11	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	past	he	them = they					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme
2	keep	past	he not said here	them = they		the cellar			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme in cellar=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yes: no licking, a roll each, and he let them go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	12 let	discourse
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 licking	punct
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 licking	det
4	licking	licking	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 let	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 roll	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 roll	det
7	roll	roll	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 licking	appos
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 roll	nmod:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 let	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 let	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 let	nsubj
12	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 let	obj
14	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	infinitive	no licking	them = they					tree rules
2	go	infinitive	them = they not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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