Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (t…

Mia from Glasgow: «Dreich night, they come in, and Badger gives them a right telling-off.» (dreich = cold, grey, wet) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, Badger, dreich · What happens: come in, give, put · To what, where: right telling off, them, off

This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: Mia from Glasgow: «Dreich night, they come in, and Badger gives them a right telling-off.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Glasgow	case
3	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mia	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 night	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 night	punct
6	Dreich	dreich	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 night	det
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mia	appos
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 come	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 come	nsubj
10	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Mia	parataxis
11	in	in	ADV	_	10 come	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 gives	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 gives	cc
14	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 gives	nsubj
15	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 come	parataxis
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 gives	iobj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 off	det
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 off	amod
19	telling	telling	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 off	compound
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	21 off	punct
21	off	off	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 gives	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 come	punct
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in in a quote	present	they						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	give in a quote	present	Badger	a right telling off	them = they				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient off=Theme

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: (dreich = cold, grey, wet) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 dreich	punct
2	dreich	dreich	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Put	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 cold	punct
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 dreich	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 grey	punct
6	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cold	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 wet	punct
8	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cold	conj
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 dreich	punct
10	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 Put	obj
12	right	right	ADV	_	10 Put	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	infinitive	dreich	off				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He scolds them with a stern telling-off and never once says «I told you so» about the Wild Wood

The tree, 20 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	2 scolds	nsubj
2	scolds	scold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scolds	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	9 off	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 off	det
6	stern	stern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 off	amod
7	telling	telling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 off	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 off	punct
9	off	off	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scolds	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 says	cc
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 once	advmod
12	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	13 says	advmod
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 scolds	conj
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 told	punct
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 told	nsubj
16	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 says	ccomp
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 told	iobj
18	so	so	ADV	_	16 told	advmod
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 told	punct
20	about	about	ADP	_	23 Wood	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Wood	det
22	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	23 Wood	flat
23	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	scold	present	He	them = they		with a stern telling off	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	He not said here			once property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	tell speech: assert in a quote	past	I		you	about the Wild Wood	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent you=Recipient about wood=Topic

Option 2

He gives them a right telling-off about the snow, the Wild Wood and the Rat's pranks all at once

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	2 gives	nsubj
2	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gives	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 off	det
5	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 off	amod
6	telling	telling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 off	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 off	punct
8	off	off	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	obj
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 snow	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 snow	det
11	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 off	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Wood	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Wood	det
14	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	15 Wood	flat
15	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 off	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 pranks	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Rat	det
18	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 pranks	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 Rat	case
20	pranks	prank	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 Wood	conj
21	all	all	ADV	_	23 once	advmod
22	at	at	ADP	_	23 once	case
23	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 gives	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	He	a right telling off and the Wild Wood and the Rat's pranks	them = they			about the snow; once property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient off=Theme

Option 3

He gives them a warm welcome

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 gives	nsubj
2	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gives	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 welcome	det
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 welcome	amod
6	welcome	welcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	He	a warm welcome	them = they				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient welcome=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He never says «I told you so»

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 says	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 says	advmod
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 told	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 told	nsubj
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 told	iobj
8	so	so	ADV	_	6 told	advmod
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	present	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert in a quote	past	I		you				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

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