Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Woo…
Looking back: in chapter I the Rat said Badger «hates Society». Why might ringing his bell at night be a risk?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I · What happens: look back, say, hate, ring, be · To what, where: chapter, Society, bell, risk · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 36 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Wood (the door-scraper, the door-mat, and a green door)» 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: Looking back: in chapter I the Rat said Badger «hates Society».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 said | ccomp |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 chapter | case |
| 5 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 said | obl |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 said | nsubj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Rat | det |
| 8 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 said | nsubj |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | Badger | Badger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 said | nsubj |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 hates | punct |
| 12 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 said | ccomp |
| 13 | Society | Society | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 hates | obj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 hates | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | I | chapter | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | hate in a quote | present | Society | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer society=Stimulus |
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: Why might ringing his bell at night be a risk?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 ringing | advmod |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 ringing | aux |
| 3 | ringing | ring | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 bell | nmod:poss |
| 5 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ringing | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 night | case |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ringing | obl |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 risk | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 risk | det |
| 10 | risk | risk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ringing | advcl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 ringing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ring | might | Badger's bell | night | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | infinitive | a risk | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Badger might be cross at visitors
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Badger | Badger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 cross | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 cross | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 cross | cop |
| 4 | cross | cross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 visitors | case |
| 6 | visitors | visitor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cross | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | might | Badger | at visitors; cross property | tree rules |
Option 2
Badger might bite the Mole hard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Badger | Badger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 bite | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 bite | aux |
| 3 | bite | bite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Mole | det |
| 5 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bite | obj |
| 6 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 bite | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite | might | Badger | the Mole | hard property | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Patient |
Option 3
Badger may dislike any late callers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Badger | Badger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dislike | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 dislike | aux |
| 3 | dislike | dislike | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 callers | det |
| 5 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 callers | amod |
| 6 | callers | caller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 dislike | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dislike | may | Badger | any late callers | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer caller=Stimulus |
Option 4
He might be asleep
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 asleep | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 asleep | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 asleep | cop |
| 4 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | might | He | asleep 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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