Test 13 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (b…

Looking back: in chapter III, what did the Rat do in winter at home?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: look back, do · To what, where: home

This is test 13 · ★★★ 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	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	III	III	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 what	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 chapter	conj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 do	aux
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Rat	det
11	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 do	nsubj
12	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 what	acl:relcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 winter	case
14	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 do	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 home	case
16	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 do	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund						in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	do	past · do-support	the Rat			home	winter		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He slept a great deal, and scribbled poetry

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 slept	nsubj
2	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 deal	det
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 deal	amod
5	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slept	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 scribbled	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 scribbled	cc
8	scribbled	scribble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 slept	conj
9	poetry	poetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 scribbled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	He	a great deal					vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Theme
2	scribble	past	He not said here	poetry					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poetry=Theme

Option 2

He stayed indoors, and read old newspapers

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 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	2 stayed	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 read	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 read	cc
6	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	2 stayed	conj
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 newspapers	amod
8	newspapers	newspaper	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 read	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	He					indoors property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	read	present	He not said here	old newspapers					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent newspaper=Topic

Option 3

He slept a great deal, and scribbled poetry by the fire, though he never finished any of it

The tree, 18 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 slept	nsubj
2	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 deal	det
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 deal	amod
5	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slept	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 scribbled	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 scribbled	cc
8	scribbled	scribble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 slept	conj
9	poetry	poetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 scribbled	obj
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 fire	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fire	det
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 scribbled	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 finished	punct
14	though	though	SCONJ	_	17 finished	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 finished	nsubj
16	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 finished	advmod
17	finished	finish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 slept	conj
18	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	17 finished	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 it	case
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 any	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	He	a great deal		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Theme
2	scribble	past	He not said here	poetry	by the fire	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poetry=Theme
3	not finish	past	he	any		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector any=Eventuality

Option 4

He slept a great deal, scribbled poetry, and kept a small garden by the fire all winter

The tree, 17 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 slept	nsubj
2	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 deal	det
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 deal	amod
5	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slept	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 poetry	punct
7	scribbled	scribble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 poetry	amod
8	poetry	poetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deal	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 kept	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 kept	cc
11	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 slept	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 garden	det
13	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 garden	amod
14	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kept	obj
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 fire	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 fire	det
17	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kept	obl
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 winter	det
19	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slept	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past	He	a great deal scribbled poetry	winter		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Theme
2	scribble	participle					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	keep	past	He not said here	a small garden		by the fire	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent garden=Theme by fire=Location

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