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Test 6 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank…

Badger says «H'm! Company» and leaves. What does the Rat say about him?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Badger, Rat · What happens: say, leave · To what, where: Company · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 27 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank (the Otter, a glimpse of Badger, and Toad in his new boat)» 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: Badger says «H'm!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 H	punct
4	H	h	INTJ	_	5 'm	discourse
5	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Badger						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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.

Sentence 2: Company» and leaves.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leaves	obl:unmarked
2	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Company	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 leaves	cc
4	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 leaves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave in a quote	present		Company					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: What does the Rat say about him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 say	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 say	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	the Rat					about Badger	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

He is too fond of Society

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	4 fond	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fond	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 fond	advmod
4	fond	fond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Society	case
6	Society	Society	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 fond	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					of Society; fond property	tree rules

Option 2

He is always cross

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	4 cross	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cross	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 cross	advmod
4	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 3

He likes being alone

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	2 likes	nsubj
2	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 alone	cop
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 likes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	is not said to happen	gerund	He not said here					alone property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He «Simply hates Society!»

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	4 hates	nsubj
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 hates	punct
3	Simply	simply	ADV	_	4 hates	advmod
4	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Society	Society	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 hates	obj
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 Society	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 hates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate in a quote	present	He	Society				simply property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer society=Stimulus

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