Test 14 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (t…

Ollie, lowkey bored: «it's giving cosy cabin, but it's just a kitchen.» (it's giving = it looks like) Why does the book spend so long on the kitchen?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, cabin · What happens: give, be, look, do, spend · To what, where: cosy cabin, kitchen, book

This is test 14 · ★★★ 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: Ollie, lowkey bored: «it's giving cosy cabin, but it's just a kitchen.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 bored	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bored	punct
3	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	_	4 bored	advmod
4	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 giving	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 giving	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 giving	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 giving	aux
9	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 bored	advcl
10	cosy	cosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cabin	amod
11	cabin	cabin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 giving	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 kitchen	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 kitchen	cc
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 kitchen	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 kitchen	cop
16	just	just	ADV	_	18 kitchen	advmod
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 kitchen	det
18	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bored	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 bored	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 bored	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give in a quote	present · progressive	it	cosy cabin					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cabin=Theme
2	is a in a quote	present	cabin	a kitchen					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: (it's giving = it looks like) Why does the book spend so long on the kitchen?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	4 giving	punct
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 giving	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 giving	aux
4	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	=	=	PUNCT	_	7 looks	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 looks	nsubj
7	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 giving	parataxis
8	like	like	SCONJ	_	11 does	mark
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	8 like	punct
10	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 does	advmod
11	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 spend	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 book	det
13	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 does	obj
14	spend	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	7 looks	conj
15	so	so	ADV	_	16 long	advmod
16	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 spend	advmod
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 kitchen	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 kitchen	det
19	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 spend	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 giving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	present · progressive	cabin			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	look	present	cabin			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	do	present		the book		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Eventuality
4	spend	present	cabin not said here		on the kitchen goal; long property	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent on kitchen=Goal

The options

Option 1

To make us feel the warmth and safety after the terror outside, and to set the scene for the long winter ahead

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 feel	advcl
3	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 make	obj
4	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 warmth	det
6	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feel	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 safety	cc
8	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 warmth	conj
9	after	after	ADP	_	11 terror	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 terror	det
11	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feel	obl
12	outside	outside	ADV	_	4 feel	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 set	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 set	cc
15	to	to	PART	_	16 set	mark
16	set	set	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 feel	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 scene	det
18	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 set	obj
19	for	for	ADP	_	22 winter	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 winter	det
21	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 winter	amod
22	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 set	obl
23	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	16 set	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	us			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset we=Product
2	feel	imperative	you not said here	the warmth and safety	after the terror	outside property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warmth=Theme
3	set	to-infinitive	you not said here	the scene	winter	ahead property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient scene=Result

Option 2

To make us feel the warmth and safety after the terror of the Wild Wood, and to show the Badger's deep love of home

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 feel	advcl
3	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 make	obj
4	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 warmth	det
6	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feel	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 safety	cc
8	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 warmth	conj
9	after	after	ADP	_	11 terror	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 terror	det
11	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feel	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 Wood	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Wood	det
14	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	15 Wood	flat
15	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 terror	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 show	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 show	cc
18	to	to	PART	_	19 show	mark
19	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 feel	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Badger	det
21	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 love	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 Badger	case
23	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 love	amod
24	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 show	obj
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 home	case
26	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 love	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	us		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset we=Product
2	feel	imperative	you not said here	the warmth and safety	after the terror of the Wild Wood	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warmth=Theme
3	show	to-infinitive	you not said here	the Badger's deep love of home		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent love=Recipient
4	love		the Badger	home		nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To make us feel the warmth and safety after the terror outside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 feel	advcl
3	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 make	obj
4	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 warmth	det
6	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feel	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 safety	cc
8	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 warmth	conj
9	after	after	ADP	_	11 terror	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 terror	det
11	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feel	obl
12	outside	outside	ADV	_	4 feel	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	us					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset we=Product
2	feel	imperative	you not said here	the warmth and safety			after the terror	outside property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warmth=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

To explain how the animals lived long ago

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 explain	mark
2	explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 lived	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animals	det
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lived	nsubj
6	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 explain	advcl
7	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 ago	advmod
8	ago	ago	ADV	_	6 lived	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	to-infinitive							vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	live	past	the animals					ago property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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