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Test 11 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return o…

Looking back: in chapter II, Toad said «'Live for others!' That's my motto in life.» How does that compare with his words about «duty and friendship» now?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Toad, That · What happens: look back, say, live, be, compare, word · To what, where: motto, life · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★★ 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: Looking back: in chapter II, Toad said «'Live for others!'

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 said	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 Live	punct
11	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 Live	punct
12	Live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 said	ccomp
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 others	case
14	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 Live	obl
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	12 Live	punct
16	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 Live	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Toad not said here					in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	say speech: express	past	Toad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	live in a quote	infinitive						for others	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 my motto in life.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 motto	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 motto	cop
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 motto	nmod:poss
4	motto	motto	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 life	case
6	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 motto	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 motto	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 motto	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That	my motto		life			tree rules

Sentence 3: How does that compare with his words about «duty and friendship» now?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 compare	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 compare	aux
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 compare	nsubj
4	compare	compare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 words	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 words	nmod:poss
7	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 compare	obl
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 duty	case
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 duty	punct
10	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 words	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 friendship	cc
12	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 duty	conj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 friendship	punct
14	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 compare	advmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 compare	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compare	present · do-support	that				now	with Toad's words about duty and friendship	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with word=Co-Patient
2	word		Toad					about duty and friendship	nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent about=obl

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Both are very polite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 polite	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 polite	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 polite	advmod
4	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 2

Both are false

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 false	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 false	cop
3	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Both hide a plan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 hide	nsubj
2	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 plan	det
4	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	Both	a plan					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Patient

Option 4

Both are sincere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 sincere	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sincere	cop
3	sincere	sincere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

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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