Test 11 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (t…

Mole now says underground is the best place. Does that fit what he did in chapter I?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mole, that · What happens: say, be, fit, do · To what, where: best place, chapter · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★★ 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: Mole now says underground is the best place.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 says	advmod
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	underground	underground	ADV	_	3 says	advmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 place	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 place	det
7	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 place	amod
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mole				now	underground property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present		the best place					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.

Sentence 2: Does that fit what he did in chapter I?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fit	aux
2	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 fit	nsubj
3	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 did	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 did	nsubj
6	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fit	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 chapter	case
8	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 did	obj
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 chapter	nsubj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	present · do-support	that						tree rules
2	do	past	Mole	chapter					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Partly — he left his hole for the sunshine, yet he still loves being underground

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Partly	partly	ADV	_	4 left	advmod
2	—	-	PUNCT	_	1 Partly	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	nsubj
4	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hole	nmod:poss
6	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 sunshine	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sunshine	det
9	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 loves	punct
11	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	14 loves	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 loves	nsubj
13	still	still	ADV	_	14 loves	advmod
14	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 left	conj
15	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 underground	cop
16	underground	underground	ADV	_	14 loves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	he	his hole		for the sunshine; partly property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hole=Theme for sunshine=Recipient
2	love	present	he		still		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	gerund				underground property	tree rules

Option 2

Partly, he left home but later missed it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Partly	partly	ADV	_	4 left	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Partly	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	nsubj
4	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 left	advmod
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 missed	cc
7	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 missed	advmod
8	missed	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 left	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 missed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	he					home, partly property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	miss	past	he not said here	it				late property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, completely — he left his hole for the river, sat in the sun, and now prefers the river to any hole.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 left	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	completely	completely	ADV	_	6 left	advmod
4	—	-	PUNCT	_	3 completely	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 left	nsubj
6	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hole	nmod:poss
8	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 river	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 river	det
11	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hole	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sat	punct
13	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 left	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 sun	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sun	det
16	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sat	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 prefers	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 prefers	cc
19	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 prefers	advmod
20	prefers	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 left	parataxis
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 river	det
22	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 prefers	obj
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 hole	case
24	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	25 hole	det
25	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 prefers	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 left	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	he	his hole			for the river; completely property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hole=Theme for river=Recipient
2	sit	past	he not said here		the sun			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sun=Location
3	prefer	present		the river		now	to any hole	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer river=Stimulus

Option 4

Partly — he left his hole for the sunshine and the river, but he still loves being underground most of all, and always returns home

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Partly	partly	ADV	_	4 left	advmod
2	—	-	PUNCT	_	1 Partly	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	nsubj
4	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hole	nmod:poss
6	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 sunshine	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sunshine	det
9	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 river	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 river	det
12	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sunshine	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 loves	punct
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 loves	cc
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 loves	nsubj
16	still	still	ADV	_	17 loves	advmod
17	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 left	conj
18	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 underground	cop
19	underground	underground	ADV	_	17 loves	obj
20	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 loves	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 all	case
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 most	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 returns	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 returns	cc
25	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	26 returns	advmod
26	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 left	parataxis
27	home	home	ADV	_	26 returns	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	he	his hole		for the sunshine and the river; partly property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hole=Theme for sunshine=Recipient
2	love	present	he	most of all	still		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer most=Stimulus
3	is	gerund				underground property	tree rules
4	return	present				always, home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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