Test 1 · ★★ · The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat,…

«weasels are evil, it says so in wind in the willows» What is a fair answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: weasels, it · What happens: be, say · To what, where: fair answer, wind · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 405 «The real animals of the Wild Wood: the badger, the stoat, the weasel, the ferret, field-mice and hedgehogs in winter» of the biology 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 evil	punct
2	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 evil	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 evil	cop
4	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 says	nsubj
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 evil	parataxis
8	so	so	ADV	_	19 answer	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 wind	case
10	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 answer	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 willows	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 willows	det
13	willows	willow	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 wind	nmod
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 wind	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 answer	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 answer	cop
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 answer	det
18	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 answer	amod
19	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	ccomp
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 evil	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	weasels			evil property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	it				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	be speech: assert	present		a fair answer	wind in the willows		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

Yes, weasels are the only animals that know they are doing wrong and do it anyway

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	12 doing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 animals	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 animals	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animals	det
6	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 animals	amod
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 doing	nsubj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 know	nsubj
9	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 animals	acl:relcl
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 know	obj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 doing	aux
12	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
13	wrong	wrong	ADV	_	12 doing	advmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 do	cc
15	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 doing	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 do	obj
17	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	15 do	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	weasels	the only animals		tree rules
2	know	present	the only animals	animals = animal		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
3	do	present · progressive	the only animals		wrong property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	do	infinitive	the only animals not said here	it	anyway property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Real weasels are not evil; they are small hunters that must catch mice and voles to live

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 weasels	amod
2	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 evil	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 evil	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 evil	advmod
5	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 hunters	punct
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hunters	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 hunters	cop
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hunters	amod
10	hunters	hunter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 evil	parataxis
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 catch	nsubj
12	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 catch	aux
13	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 hunters	acl:relcl
14	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 catch	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 voles	cc
16	voles	vole	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 mice	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 live	mark
18	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 catch	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not is	present	Real weasels		evil property	tree rules
2	is a	present	weasels = weasel	small hunters		tree rules
3	catch	must	small hunters	mice and voles		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme
4	live	to-infinitive	small hunters not said here			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, and that is exactly why weasels are hunted by law everywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	10 hunted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 why	cc
4	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 why	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 why	cop
6	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	7 why	advmod
7	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 hunted	advmod
8	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hunted	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 hunted	aux:pass
10	hunted	hunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 law	case
12	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hunted	obl
13	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 hunted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					exactly, why property	tree rules
2	hunt	present · passive	law	weasels				everywhere property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

Weasels are evil only in the Wild Wood, but kind in gardens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 evil	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 evil	cop
3	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 Wood	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 Wood	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Wood	det
7	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	8 Wood	flat
8	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 evil	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 kind	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 kind	cc
11	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 evil	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 gardens	case
13	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 kind	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Weasels			the Wild Wood		evil property	tree rules
2	be		Weasels not said here			gardens			tree rules

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