Test 3 · ★ · Off with her head and the finest house on the river: Alice…

★ «Toad says his house is the finest on the whole river, so it is, he lives there» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, house · What happens: say, be, live · To what, where: whole river · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 54 «Off with her head and the finest house on the river: Alice and Toad» of the language 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	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 house	nmod:poss
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 finest	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 finest	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 finest	det
9	finest	fine	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 says	ccomp
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 river	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 river	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 river	amod
13	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 finest	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 is	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	17 is	advmod
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 is	nsubj
17	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 lives	punct
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 lives	nsubj
20	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
21	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 lives	advmod
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 lives	punct
23	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 right	nsubj
24	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 right	cop
25	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 lives	advcl
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	★			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	Toad's house	the whole river	fine property	tree rules
3	be in a quote	present	house			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	live in a quote	present	★	there		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	is	present			right 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It's sarcasm: Toad hates his house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sarcasm	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sarcasm	cop
3	sarcasm	sarcasm	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 hates	punct
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 hates	nsubj
6	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sarcasm	acl:relcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 house	nmod:poss
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	sarcasm					tree rules
2	hate	present	Toad	Toad's house					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It's a boast; Toad always praises himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 boast	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 boast	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 boast	det
4	boast	boast	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 praises	punct
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 praises	nsubj
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 praises	advmod
8	praises	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 boast	acl:relcl
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 praises	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a boast					tree rules
2	praise	present	Toad	Toad				always property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme

Option 3

It's a fact, because Toad knows his own house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fact	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fact	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fact	det
4	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 knows	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 knows	mark
7	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 knows	nsubj
8	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fact	acl:relcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 house	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 house	amod
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 knows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a fact					tree rules
2	know	present	Toad	Toad's own house					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus

Option 4

It's understatement: Toad Hall is even finer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 understatement	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 understatement	cop
3	understatement	understatement	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 finer	nsubj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Hall	punct
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Hall	compound
6	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 understatement	appos
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 finer	cop
8	even	even	ADV	_	9 finer	advmod
9	finer	fine	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	understatement					tree rules
2	is	present	understatement					fine 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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