Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (b…

Is the hedgehog's «we was» a mistake by the writer?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: mistake

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 mistake	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hedgehog	det
3	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mistake	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 hedgehog	case
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 was	punct
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 was	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 mistake	cop
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 was	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 mistake	det
10	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 writer	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 writer	det
13	writer	writer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mistake	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 mistake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the hedgehog's mistake				by the writer	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

No — it's how the hedgehog speaks, in his own local dialect of the countryside near the wood

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 speaks	discourse
2	—	-	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 speaks	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 speaks	cop
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 speaks	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hedgehog	det
7	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 speaks	nsubj
8	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 dialect	punct
10	in	in	ADP	_	14 dialect	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 dialect	nmod:poss
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 dialect	amod
13	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 dialect	amod
14	dialect	dialect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 speaks	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 countryside	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 countryside	det
17	countryside	countryside	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dialect	nmod
18	near	near	ADP	_	20 wood	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 wood	det
20	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 countryside	nmod

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

Option 2

Yes — the writer forgot the grammar rule, and the printer copied it wrongly from the page

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 forgot	discourse
2	—	-	PUNCT	_	5 forgot	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 writer	det
4	writer	writer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forgot	nsubj
5	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rule	det
7	grammar	grammar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rule	compound
8	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forgot	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 copied	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 copied	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 printer	det
12	printer	printer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 copied	nsubj
13	copied	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 forgot	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 copied	obj
15	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	_	13 copied	advmod
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 page	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 page	det
18	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 copied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	the writer	the grammar rule					tree rules
2	copy	past	the printer	rule		the page		wrongly property	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No — it's how the hedgehog speaks in his dialect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 speaks	discourse
2	—	-	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 speaks	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 speaks	cop
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 speaks	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hedgehog	det
7	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 speaks	nsubj
8	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 dialect	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 dialect	nmod:poss
11	dialect	dialect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 speaks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it			hedgehog's dialect		speak property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, the writer got the grammar wrong here

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 writer	det
4	writer	writer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grammar	det
7	grammar	grammar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obj
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 got	xcomp
9	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the writer	the grammar		here		wrong property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grammar=Stimulus

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