Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (t…

Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Badger's kitchen is in a grand palace above ground.»

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: this, kitchen · What happens: be · To what, where: grand palace

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: Is this TRUE or FALSE?

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 TRUE	cop
2	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 TRUE	nsubj
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 FALSE	cc
5	FALSE	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 TRUE	conj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 TRUE	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	this					true property	tree rules
2	be		this not said here						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: «The Badger's kitchen is in a grand palace above ground.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 palace	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Badger	det
3	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 kitchen	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Badger	case
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 palace	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 palace	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 palace	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 palace	det
9	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 palace	amod
10	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	above	above	ADP	_	12 ground	case
12	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 palace	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 palace	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 palace	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	the Badger's kitchen			a grand palace		above ground	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

True: it is a grand palace above ground, with many towers and gilded doors facing the river

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 palace	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 palace	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 palace	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 palace	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 palace	det
6	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 palace	amod
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	above	above	ADP	_	9 ground	case
9	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 palace	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 towers	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 towers	case
12	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 towers	amod
13	towers	tower	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 palace	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 doors	cc
15	gilded	gild	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 doors	amod
16	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 palace	conj
17	facing	face	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 doors	acl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 river	det
19	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 facing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a True grand palace and many towers and gilded doors	ground	tree rules
2	gild	participle				vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
3	face	gerund	gilded doors not said here	the river		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme river=Destination

Option 2

True, the kitchen is a huge palace hall lit by a thousand candles, high above the river and the wood

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hall	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hall	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kitchen	det
4	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hall	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hall	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hall	det
7	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hall	amod
8	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hall	compound
9	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 hall	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	14 candles	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 thousand	det
13	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 candles	nummod
14	candles	candle	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 lit	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 high	punct
16	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hall	amod
17	above	above	ADP	_	19 river	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 river	det
19	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 high	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 wood	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 wood	det
22	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 river	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the kitchen	a True huge palace hall					tree rules
2	lit	participle		a True huge palace hall not said here				by thousand candles	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

False: it is underground, down a long shabby passage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 passage	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 underground	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 underground	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 underground	cop
5	underground	underground	ADV	_	1 False	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 passage	punct
7	down	down	ADP	_	11 passage	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 passage	det
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 passage	amod
10	shabby	shabby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 passage	amod
11	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4

False: it stands high in the trees, reached by ladder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stands	advmod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 stands	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stands	nsubj
4	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stands	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 trees	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 trees	det
8	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stands	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 reached	punct
10	reached	reach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 trees	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 ladder	case
12	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reached	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	it			the trees		high property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location
2	reach	participle		the trees not said here				by ladder	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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