Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return o…
Leo: «the guests were dead happy Toad went quiet, it was well better than the old days.» Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: guests, Leo, it, you · What happens: be, go, put · To what, where: dead happy Toad, it
This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 73 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return of Ulysses (Toad's last little song, an altered Toad, and the end of the book)» 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: Leo: «the guests were dead happy Toad went quiet, it was well better than the old days.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 went | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 went | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 went | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 guests | det |
| 5 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 Toad | nsubj |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 Toad | cop |
| 7 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Toad | amod |
| 8 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Toad | amod |
| 9 | Toad | Toad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 went | nsubj |
| 10 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 went | xcomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 better | punct |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 better | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 better | cop |
| 15 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 16 better | advmod |
| 16 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 went | parataxis |
| 17 | than | than | ADP | _ | 20 days | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 days | det |
| 19 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 days | amod |
| 20 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 better | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 went | punct |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | past | the guests | dead happy Toad | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go in a quote | past | Leo | quiet property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | past | it | day | good, well property | 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: Put it right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | it | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1
Some older guests missed the songs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 guests | det |
| 2 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 guests | amod |
| 3 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 missed | nsubj |
| 4 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 songs | det |
| 6 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 missed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | past | some older guests | the songs | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer song=Stimulus |
Option 2
Some young ones missed the old fun, but most guests thought the quiet better
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 ones | det |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 ones | amod |
| 3 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 missed | nsubj |
| 4 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fun | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fun | amod |
| 7 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 missed | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 thought | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 thought | cc |
| 10 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 11 guests | amod |
| 11 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 thought | nsubj |
| 12 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 missed | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 quiet | det |
| 14 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 better | advmod |
| 15 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 thought | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | past | some young ones | the old fun | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fun=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | most guests | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Some young ones missed the old fun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 ones | det |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 ones | amod |
| 3 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 missed | nsubj |
| 4 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fun | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fun | amod |
| 7 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 missed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | past | some young ones | the old fun | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fun=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Some young ones missed the old fun and asked Toad to sing again every night
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 ones | det |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 ones | amod |
| 3 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 missed | nsubj |
| 4 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fun | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fun | amod |
| 7 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 missed | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 asked | cc |
| 9 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 missed | conj |
| 10 | Toad | toad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 asked | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 sing | mark |
| 12 | sing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 asked | xcomp |
| 13 | again | again | ADV | _ | 12 sing | advmod |
| 14 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 night | det |
| 15 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sing | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | past | some young ones | the old fun | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fun=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | past | some young ones not said here | Toad | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent toad=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | sing speech: express not said to happen | to-infinitive | some young ones not said here | again; night | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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