Test 10 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (b…

Looking back: what was the last news of Toad at the end of chapter II?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: look back, be · To what, where: last news, end

This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 38 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (bad news of Toad, a winter promise, and two lost hedgehogs)» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 news	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 news	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 news	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 news	det
7	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 news	amod
8	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Toad	case
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 news	nmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 end	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 end	det
13	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 news	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 chapter	case
15	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 end	nmod
16	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	15 chapter	flat
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	is a	past		the last news			at the end of chapter	of Toad	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.

The options

Option 1

He went off to Town to buy an expensive new boat

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 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 went	compound:prt
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Town	case
5	Town	Town	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 buy	mark
7	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 went	advcl
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 boat	det
9	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 boat	amod
10	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 boat	amod
11	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 buy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go off	past	He		Town				vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
2	buy	to-infinitive	He not said here	a expensive new boat					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He went up to Town and ordered a large, very expensive motor-car

The tree, 13 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 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 went	compound:prt
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Town	case
5	Town	Town	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ordered	cc
7	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 car	det
9	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 car	amod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 large	punct
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 expensive	advmod
12	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 car	amod
13	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 car	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 motor	punct
15	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ordered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go up	past	He		Town				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	order	past	He not said here	a large expensive motor car					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He went up to Town, ordered a large expensive motor-car, and promised the Rat he'd drive more carefully this time

The tree, 22 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 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 went	compound:prt
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Town	case
5	Town	Town	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 ordered	punct
7	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	parataxis
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 car	det
9	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 car	amod
10	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 car	amod
11	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 car	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 motor	punct
13	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ordered	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 promised	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 promised	cc
16	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Rat	det
18	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 promised	obj
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 drive	nsubj
20	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 drive	aux
21	drive	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 promised	ccomp
22	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	23 carefully	advmod
23	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	21 drive	advmod
24	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	25 time	det
25	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 drive	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	go up	past	He		Town			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	order	past		a large expensive motor car				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme
3	promise speech: promise	past	He not said here		the Rat			vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent rat=Recipient clause=Topic
4	drive	would	Town			time	carefully property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He went up to Town and ordered a large, very expensive motor-car, painted bright yellow with brass lamps

The tree, 19 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 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 went	compound:prt
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Town	case
5	Town	Town	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ordered	cc
7	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 car	det
9	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 car	amod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 large	punct
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 expensive	advmod
12	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 car	amod
13	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 car	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 motor	punct
15	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ordered	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 painted	punct
17	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
18	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 yellow	amod
19	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 painted	obj
20	with	with	ADP	_	22 lamps	case
21	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 lamps	compound
22	lamps	lamp	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 painted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	go up	past	He		Town		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	order	past	He not said here	a large expensive motor car			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme
3	paint	past	He not said here	bright yellow		with brass lamps	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent yellow=Destination with lamp=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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