Test 11 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (t…

Looking back: how did the Mole cut his shin in chapter III?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mole · What happens: look back, do, cut · To what, where: shin, chapter

This is test 11 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 did	advmod
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Looking	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Mole	det
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cut	nsubj
8	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 did	parataxis
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 shin	nmod:poss
10	shin	shin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cut	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 chapter	case
12	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cut	obl
13	III	III	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	12 chapter	flat
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	look back	gerund				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	do	past				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	cut	past	the Mole	Mole's shin	chapter	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset shin=Product

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

On an old broken stone by the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	5 stone	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stone	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stone	amod
4	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 stone	amod
5	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 gate	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gate	det
8	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stone	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

On Badger's door-scraper, which was hidden in the snow, when he hurried up to the front door

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	6 scraper	case
2	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 scraper	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Badger	case
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scraper	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 door	punct
6	scraper	scraper	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hurried	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hidden	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 hidden	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 hidden	aux:pass
10	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 scraper	acl:relcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 snow	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 snow	det
13	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hidden	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 hurried	punct
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	17 hurried	advmod
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 hurried	nsubj
17	hurried	hurry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 hurried	compound:prt
19	to	to	ADP	_	22 door	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 door	det
21	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 door	amod
22	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hurried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · passive		Badger's door scraper		the snow			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in snow=Location
2	hurry up	past	Badger			Badger's door scraper		to the front door	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to door=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

On Badger's door-scraper, hidden in the snow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	6 scraper	case
2	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 scraper	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Badger	case
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scraper	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 door	punct
6	scraper	scraper	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hidden	punct
8	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 scraper	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 snow	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 snow	det
11	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	participle		Badger's door scraper not said here		the snow			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in snow=Location

Option 4

On a wire trap set by weasels, hidden deep in the snow near the entrance to the Wild Wood

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	4 trap	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 trap	det
3	wire	wire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 trap	compound
4	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 trap	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 weasels	case
7	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 set	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hidden	punct
9	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 trap	conj
10	deep	deep	ADV	_	9 hidden	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 snow	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 snow	det
13	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hidden	obl
14	near	near	ADP	_	16 entrance	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 entrance	det
16	entrance	entrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hidden	obl
17	to	to	ADP	_	20 Wood	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Wood	det
19	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	20 Wood	flat
20	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 entrance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	participle		a wire trap not said here				by weasels	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by weasel=Destination
2	hide	participle				the snow		near the entrance to the Wild Wood; deep property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in snow=Location

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