Test 1 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return o…
Ruby: «Toad wrote the invites 'cos he's a proper team player now, no cap.» (no cap = honestly) Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ruby, Toad, cap · What happens: write, be, put · To what, where: invites, proper team player, cap
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 72 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return of Ulysses (the invitations, «SPEECH BY TOAD» and «not one little song»)» 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: Ruby: «Toad wrote the invites 'cos he's a proper team player now, no cap.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 wrote | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 wrote | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 wrote | punct |
| 4 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 wrote | nsubj |
| 5 | wrote | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 invites | det |
| 7 | invites | invite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wrote | obj |
| 8 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 7 invites | case |
| 9 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 15 player | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 player | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 player | cop |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 player | det |
| 13 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 player | amod |
| 14 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 player | compound |
| 15 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wrote | ccomp |
| 16 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 player | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 cap | punct |
| 18 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 19 cap | det |
| 19 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 player | conj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 player | punct |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 player | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write in a quote | past | Ruby | the invites | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invite=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Toad | a proper team player and no cap | now | 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: (no cap = honestly) Put it right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 cap | punct |
| 2 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 cap | det |
| 3 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | = | = | SYM | _ | 7 Put | punct |
| 5 | honestly | honestly | ADV | _ | 7 Put | advmod |
| 6 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 honestly | punct |
| 7 | Put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 cap | acl:relcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 Put | obj |
| 9 | right | right | ADV | _ | 7 Put | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 cap | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | infinitive | no cap not said here | cap | honestly, right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He had a plan to boast in them
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 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 plan | det |
| 4 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 boast | mark |
| 6 | boast | boast | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 plan | acl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 them | case |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 boast | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | He | a plan | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Patient | ||||
| 2 | boast speech: other | to-infinitive | He not said here | a plan not said here | in them = they | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
He was honest
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 | 3 honest | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 honest | cop |
| 3 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | honest property | tree rules |
Option 3
He planned to brag in them
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 planned | nsubj |
| 2 | planned | plan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 brag | mark |
| 4 | brag | brag | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 planned | xcomp |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 them | case |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 brag | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plan | past | He | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | brag speech: other not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | in them = they | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
He wanted to show off
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 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 show | mark |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 show | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | He | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | show off not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «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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