Test 18 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (t…

★★★ «Which was intelligent of Mole, because that was exactly what it was.» What is the joke?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, that, joke · What happens: be

This is test 18 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ «Which was intelligent of Mole, because that was exactly what it was.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 intelligent	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 intelligent	punct
5	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 intelligent	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 intelligent	cop
7	intelligent	intelligent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Mole	case
9	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 intelligent	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 what	punct
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 what	mark
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 what	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 what	cop
14	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	15 what	advmod
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 intelligent	advcl
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 was	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 what	acl:relcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 intelligent	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 intelligent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	★					of Mole; intelligent property	tree rules
2	is a in a quote	past	that					exactly 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 is the joke?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 joke	det
4	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the joke						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Mole is praised like a detective — after being so slow with the door-mat

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 praised	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 praised	aux:pass
3	praised	praise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 detective	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 detective	det
6	detective	detective	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 praised	obl
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	11 slow	punct
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	11 slow	mark
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 slow	cop
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 slow	advmod
11	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 praised	parataxis
12	with	with	ADP	_	16 mat	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 mat	det
14	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 mat	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 door	punct
16	mat	mat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 slow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	present · passive		Mole				like a detective	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	gerund						with the door mat; slow property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Mole sounds clever, but he is really wrong about the slippers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sounds	nsubj
2	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sounds	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 wrong	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 wrong	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wrong	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 wrong	cop
8	really	really	ADV	_	9 wrong	advmod
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sounds	conj
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 slippers	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 slippers	det
12	slippers	slipper	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 wrong	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	present	Mole					clever property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	present	Mole					about the slippers; wrong property	tree rules

Option 3

Mole is praised like a detective, though the joke is that he got the slippers right only after being so slow with the door-mat and the knocking

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 praised	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 praised	aux:pass
3	praised	praise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 detective	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 detective	det
6	detective	detective	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 praised	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 got	punct
8	though	though	SCONJ	_	14 got	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 joke	det
10	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 got	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 got	cop
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 got	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 got	nsubj
14	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 praised	parataxis
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 slippers	det
16	slippers	slipper	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 got	obj
17	right	right	ADV	_	22 slow	advmod
18	only	only	ADV	_	22 slow	advmod
19	after	after	SCONJ	_	22 slow	mark
20	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 slow	cop
21	so	so	ADV	_	22 slow	advmod
22	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 got	conj
23	with	with	ADP	_	27 mat	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 mat	det
25	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 mat	compound
26	-	-	PUNCT	_	25 door	punct
27	mat	mat	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 slow	obl
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 knocking	cc
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 knocking	det
30	knocking	knocking	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 praised	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	praise	present · passive		Mole	like a detective	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present	the joke		get property	tree rules
3	is	gerund	the joke not said here		with the door mat; right, slow property	tree rules

Option 4

Mole is praised ironically for being slow at the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 praised	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 praised	aux:pass
3	praised	praise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	ironically	ironically	ADV	_	3 praised	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 slow	case
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 slow	cop
7	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 praised	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 door	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 praised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	present · passive		Mole		the door		ironically property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	gerund						slow property	tree rules

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