Test 13 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (t…

Looking back: in chapter I the Rat said nobody interferes with Badger — «They'd better not.» What fits that warning now?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, nobody · What happens: look back, say, interfere, fit · To what, where: chapter, warning · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★★★ 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 I the Rat said nobody interferes with Badger — «They'd better not.»

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	_	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	6 I	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Looking	conj
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 interferes	nsubj
11	interferes	interfere	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 said	ccomp
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 Badger	case
13	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 interferes	obl
14	—	-	PUNCT	_	18 better	punct
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 better	punct
16	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 better	nsubj
17	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 better	aux
18	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 interferes	advmod
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 better	advmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	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	interfere	present	nobody		with Badger; well property	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.

Sentence 2: What fits that warning now?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 fits	nsubj
2	fits	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 warning	det
4	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fits	obj
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 fits	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 fits	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	present		that warning			now		vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He is big and strong, the master of his house in the wood

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	3 big	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 big	cop
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 strong	cc
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 big	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 master	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 master	det
8	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 big	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 house	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 house	nmod:poss
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 master	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 wood	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wood	det
14	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 big	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			the wood		big property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here						tree rules

Option 2

He keeps a warm house in the wood

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 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 house	det
4	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 house	amod
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 wood	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wood	det
8	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	He	a warm house		the wood			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent house=Theme in wood=Location

Option 3

He is big and strong, the master of his house in the wood, and nobody dares to cross him at all

The tree, 21 words

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	3 big	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 big	cop
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 strong	cc
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 big	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 master	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 master	det
8	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 big	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 house	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 house	nmod:poss
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 master	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 wood	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wood	det
14	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 master	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 dares	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 dares	cc
17	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	18 dares	nsubj
18	dares	dare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 big	conj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 cross	mark
20	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 dares	xcomp
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 cross	obj
22	at	at	ADP	_	23 all	case
23	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 cross	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			big property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here				tree rules
3	dare	present	nobody				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	cross	to-infinitive	nobody not said here	him = he	all		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4

He is feared by weasels and stoats

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	3 feared	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 feared	aux:pass
3	feared	fear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 weasels	case
5	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 feared	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 stoats	cc
7	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 weasels	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	present · passive	weasels and stoats	He					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus

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