Test 15 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (t…

The Badger thinks the Rat «has been up to some of his pranks again». Is he fair?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Badger · What happens: think, have, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 15 · ★★★ 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: The Badger thinks the Rat «has been up to some of his pranks again».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Badger	det
2	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 thinks	nsubj
3	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 thinks	nsubj
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 has	punct
7	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 Rat	parataxis
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 some	cop
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 been	compound:prt
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 some	case
11	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 has	xcomp
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 pranks	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 pranks	nmod:poss
14	pranks	prank	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 some	nmod
15	again	again	ADV	_	14 pranks	advmod
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 has	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	the Badger						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	have in a quote	present							vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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: Is he fair?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fair	cop
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fair	nsubj
3	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Badger					fair property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Not really — the Mole was the one who went in alone to the door, and the Rat had nothing to do with it

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 one	advmod
2	really	really	ADV	_	8 one	advmod
3	—	-	PUNCT	_	8 one	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Mole	det
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 one	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 one	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 one	det
8	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 went	nsubj
10	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 one	acl:relcl
11	in	in	ADV	_	10 went	advmod
12	alone	alone	ADV	_	10 went	advmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 door	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 door	det
15	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 went	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 had	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 had	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Rat	det
19	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 had	nsubj
20	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 one	parataxis
21	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	20 had	obj
22	to	to	PART	_	23 do	mark
23	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 nothing	acl
24	with	with	ADP	_	25 it	case
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not is a	past	the Mole	the one			tree rules
2	go in	past	the one		the door	alone property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to door=Initial_Location
3	have	past	the Rat	nothing			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient
4	do	to-infinitive	the Rat not said here	nothing not said here		with Rat	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, quite fair, since the Rat is always up to pranks and it is very likely he started the trouble again

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 fair	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fair	punct
3	quite	quite	ADV	_	4 fair	advmod
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 pranks	punct
6	since	since	ADP	_	13 pranks	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rat	det
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 pranks	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 pranks	cop
10	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	13 pranks	advmod
11	up	up	ADP	_	13 pranks	case
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 pranks	case
13	pranks	prank	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fair	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 started	cc
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 likely	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 likely	cop
17	very	very	ADV	_	18 likely	advmod
18	likely	likely	ADV	_	20 started	advmod
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 started	nsubj
20	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fair	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 trouble	det
22	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 started	obj
23	again	again	ADV	_	20 started	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Rat		since pranks	always property	tree rules
2	is	present	Rat			likely property	tree rules
3	start	past	he	the trouble	again		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Eventuality

Option 3

Yes, the Rat always starts the trouble

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 starts	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 starts	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 starts	advmod
6	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 trouble	det
8	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 starts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	the Rat	the trouble				always property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Not really — it was the Mole who went in alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 really	advmod
2	really	really	ADV	_	7 Mole	advmod
3	—	-	PUNCT	_	2 really	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 Mole	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 Mole	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Mole	det
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 went	nsubj
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 Mole	acl:relcl
10	in	in	ADV	_	9 went	advmod
11	alone	alone	ADV	_	9 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	the Mole					tree rules
2	go in	past	the Mole					alone property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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