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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.»

punctpunctdetcompoundconjcompound:prtcasenmod:posscompoundnmodccconjdetobjpunctpunctrootEthanPROPN:PUNCT«PUNCTtheDETOtterPROPNrocksNOUNupADPwithADPhisPRONtrackingNOUNskillsNOUNandCCONJfollowsVERBtheDETfootprintsNOUN.PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1EthanEthanPROPNNumber=Singrootroot
2::PUNCT_6 rockspunct
3««PUNCT_6 rockspunct
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 rocksdet
5OtterOtterPROPNNumber=Sing6 rockscompound
6rocksrockNOUNNumber=Plur1 Ethanconj
7upupADP_6 rockscompound:prt
8withwithADP_11 skillscase
9hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 skillsnmod:poss
10trackingtrackingNOUNNumber=Sing11 skillscompound
11skillsskillNOUNNumber=Plur6 rocksnmod
12andandCCONJ_13 followscc
13followsfollowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 skillsconj
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 footprintsdet
15footprintsfootprintNOUNNumber=Plur13 followsobj
16..PUNCT_1 Ethanpunct
17»»PUNCT_1 Ethanpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1follow in a quotepresentthe footprintsvn 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.

punctnsubjcompound:prtpunctpunctxcompobjadvmodpunctroot(PUNCTrockNOUNupADP=SYMarriveVERB)PUNCTPutVERBitPRONrightADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_5 arrivepunct
2rockrockNOUNNumber=Sing5 arrivensubj
3upupADP_2 rockcompound:prt
4==SYM_5 arrivepunct
5arrivearriveVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6))PUNCT_5 arrivepunct
7PutputVERBVerbForm=Inf5 arrivexcomp
8ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 Putobj
9rightrightADV_7 Putadvmod
10..PUNCT_5 arrivepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1arriveinfinitiverocktree rules
2putinfinitiverock not said hereitright propertyvn 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

nsubjdetobjadvmodcasedetflatoblrootHePRONfollowedVERBtheDETtracksNOUNstraightADVthroughADPtheDETWildPROPNWoodPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 followednsubj
2followedfollowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 tracksdet
4trackstrackNOUNNumber=Plur2 followedobj
5straightstraightADV_2 followedadvmod
6throughthroughADP_9 Woodcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 Wooddet
8WildWildPROPN_9 Woodflat
9WoodWoodPROPNNumber=Sing2 followedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1followpastHethe tracksthe Wild Woodstraight propertyvn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent track=Theme through wood=Trajectory

Option 2

He found their tracks easily.

nsubjnmod:possobjadvmodpunctrootHePRONfoundVERBtheirPRONtracksNOUNeasilyADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 foundnsubj
2foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs4 tracksnmod:poss
4trackstrackNOUNNumber=Plur2 foundobj
5easilyeasilyADV_2 foundadvmod
6..PUNCT_2 foundpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1findpastHetheir trackseasily propertyvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent track=Topic

Option 3

The snow hid tracks, so he went to the wrong house

detnsubjobjpunctadvmodnsubjconjcasedetamodoblrootTheDETsnowNOUNhidVERBtracksNOUN,PUNCTsoADVhePRONwentVERBtoADPtheDETwrongADJhouseNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 snowdet
2snowsnowNOUNNumber=Sing3 hidnsubj
3hidhideVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4trackstrackNOUNNumber=Plur3 hidobj
5,,PUNCT_8 wentpunct
6sosoADV_8 wentadvmod
7hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 wentnsubj
8wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 hidconj
9totoADP_12 housecase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 housedet
11wrongwrongADJDegree=Pos12 houseamod
12househouseNOUNNumber=Sing8 wentobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hidepastthe snowtracksvn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent track=Patient
2gopastsnowthe wrong housevn 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

nsubjdetobjpunctnsubjadvmodconjnsubjauxcopcaseccompcaserootSnowNOUNcoveredVERBtheDETtracksNOUN;PUNCThePRONjustADVguessedVERBtheyPRON'dAUXbeAUXatADPBadgerPROPN'sPART
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SnowsnowNOUNNumber=Sing2 coverednsubj
2coveredcoverVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 tracksdet
4trackstrackNOUNNumber=Plur2 coveredobj
5;;PUNCT_8 guessedpunct
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 guessednsubj
7justjustADV_8 guessedadvmod
8guessedguessVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 coveredconj
9theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs13 Badgernsubj
10'dwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin13 Badgeraux
11bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf13 Badgercop
12atatADP_13 Badgercase
13BadgerBadgerPROPNNumber=Sing8 guessedccomp
14's'sPART_13 Badgercase
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1coverpastSnowthe tracksvn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme track=Destination
2guesspastSnowvn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3iswouldtracks = trackat Badgertree rules

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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