Test 1 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (t…
Ethan: «the Otter rocks up with his tracking skills and follows the footprints.» (rock up = arrive) Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rock · What happens: follow, arrive, put · To what, where: footprints, it
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 39 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (the Otter comes through the snow, and the best home is underground)» 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: Ethan: «the Otter rocks up with his tracking skills and follows the footprints.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan | Ethan | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 rocks | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 rocks | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rocks | det |
| 5 | Otter | Otter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 rocks | compound |
| 6 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Ethan | conj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 rocks | compound:prt |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 skills | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 skills | nmod:poss |
| 10 | tracking | tracking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 skills | compound |
| 11 | skills | skill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 rocks | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 follows | cc |
| 13 | follows | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 skills | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 footprints | det |
| 15 | footprints | footprint | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 follows | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ethan | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ethan | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow in a quote | present | the footprints | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent footprint=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: (rock up = arrive) Put it right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 arrive | punct |
| 2 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 arrive | nsubj |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 rock | compound:prt |
| 4 | = | = | SYM | _ | 5 arrive | punct |
| 5 | arrive | arrive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 arrive | punct |
| 7 | Put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 arrive | xcomp |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 Put | obj |
| 9 | right | right | ADV | _ | 7 Put | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 arrive | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | infinitive | rock | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | put | infinitive | rock not said here | it | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He followed the tracks straight through the Wild Wood
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 followed | nsubj |
| 2 | followed | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 tracks | det |
| 4 | tracks | track | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 followed | obj |
| 5 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 2 followed | advmod |
| 6 | through | through | ADP | _ | 9 Wood | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Wood | det |
| 8 | Wild | Wild | PROPN | _ | 9 Wood | flat |
| 9 | Wood | Wood | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 followed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | past | He | the tracks | the Wild Wood | straight property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent track=Theme through wood=Trajectory |
Option 2
He found their tracks easily.
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 found | nsubj |
| 2 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 tracks | nmod:poss |
| 4 | tracks | track | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 found | obj |
| 5 | easily | easily | ADV | _ | 2 found | advmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | He | their tracks | easily property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent track=Topic |
Option 3
The snow hid tracks, so he went to the wrong house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 snow | det |
| 2 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hid | nsubj |
| 3 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | tracks | track | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hid | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 went | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 went | advmod |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 went | nsubj |
| 8 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hid | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 house | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 house | det |
| 11 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 house | amod |
| 12 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | the snow | tracks | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent track=Patient | ||||
| 2 | go | past | snow | the wrong house | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Snow covered the tracks; he just guessed they'd be at Badger's
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 covered | nsubj |
| 2 | covered | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 tracks | det |
| 4 | tracks | track | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 covered | obj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 guessed | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 guessed | nsubj |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 guessed | advmod |
| 8 | guessed | guess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 covered | conj |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 Badger | nsubj |
| 10 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 Badger | aux |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 Badger | cop |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 Badger | case |
| 13 | Badger | Badger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 guessed | ccomp |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 Badger | case |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | past | Snow | the tracks | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme track=Destination | ||||
| 2 | guess | past | Snow | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | would | tracks = track | at Badger | tree rules |
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