Test 8 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return o…

Why was paying the barge-woman fair, even though Toad grumbled?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Toad · What happens: pay, grumble · To what, where: barge woman

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 paying	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 paying	aux
3	paying	pay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 woman	det
5	barge	barge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 woman	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 barge	punct
7	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paying	obj
8	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 paying	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 grumbled	punct
10	even	even	ADV	_	13 grumbled	advmod
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 grumbled	mark
12	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 grumbled	nsubj
13	grumbled	grumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 paying	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 paying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past · progressive		the barge woman				fair property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Asset
2	grumble speech: other	past	Toad						vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He had stolen and sold her horse

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 stolen	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 stolen	aux
3	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sold	cc
5	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 stolen	conj
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 horse	nmod:poss
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past · perfect	He						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sell	past	He not said here	her horse					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

Option 2

He had lost her horse

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 lost	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 horse	nmod:poss
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · perfect	He	her horse					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Eventuality

Option 3

He had broken her barge

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 broken	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broken	aux
3	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 barge	nmod:poss
5	barge	barge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broken	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past · perfect	He	her barge					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer barge=Patient

Option 4

He had borrowed her boat

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 borrowed	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 borrowed	aux
3	borrowed	borrow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 boat	nmod:poss
5	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 borrowed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	borrow	past · perfect	He	her boat					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme

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