Test 10 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (t…

Looking back: in chapter III, the Rat told the Mole how to meet Badger. What did he say?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: look back, tell, meet, say · To what, where: Mole, Badger · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 37 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (the door in the snow and the fire-lit kitchen)» 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 III, the Rat told the Mole how to meet Badger.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 told	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	III	III	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Rat	det
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 told	nsubj
10	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Mole	det
12	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 told	iobj
13	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	15 meet	advmod
14	to	to	PART	_	15 meet	mark
15	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 told	xcomp
16	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 meet	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Rat not said here			in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past	the Rat		the Mole		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent mole=Recipient clause=Topic
3	meet not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Rat not said here	Badger			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent badger=Co-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: What did he say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Take him not only as you find him, but also when you find him, and never grumble if he is cross at you

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Take	obj
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 find	advmod
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 find	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 find	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 find	nsubj
7	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 find	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 find	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 find	cc
11	also	also	ADV	_	14 find	advmod
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 find	advmod
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 find	nsubj
14	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 find	conj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 find	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 grumble	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 grumble	cc
18	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	19 grumble	advmod
19	grumble	grumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	parataxis
20	if	if	SCONJ	_	23 cross	mark
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 cross	nsubj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 cross	cop
23	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 grumble	advcl
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 you	case
25	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	23 cross	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here		him = he		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination
2	not find	present	you	him = he			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic
3	find	present	you	him = he			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic
4	not grumble speech: other	present					vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is a condition, not said to happen	present	he			at you; cross property	tree rules

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

Take him not only as you find him, but when you find him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Take	obj
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	1 Take	advmod
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 find	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 find	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 find	nsubj
7	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 find	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 find	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 find	cc
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 find	advmod
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 find	nsubj
13	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	not take	imperative	you not said here		him = he	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination
2	find	present	you	him = he		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic
3	find	present	you	him = he		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic

Option 3

Never trouble him at night, Mole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 trouble	advmod
2	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 trouble	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 night	case
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trouble	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Mole	punct
7	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 trouble	vocative

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Wait at the door until he opens it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 door	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 opens	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 opens	nsubj
7	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 opens	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			the door			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at door=Location
2	open	present	he	door					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

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