Test 14 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (t…

Freya from Melbourne: «the Badger reckons a house should have heaps of windows and a view, this arvo he said it.» (heaps = lots) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Freya, house, heaps · What happens: reckon, have, say, put · To what, where: heaps, Badger · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★★★ 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: Freya from Melbourne: «the Badger reckons a house should have heaps of windows and a view, this arvo he said it.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Freya	Freya	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 reckons	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Melbourne	case
3	Melbourne	Melbourne	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Freya	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 reckons	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 reckons	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Badger	det
7	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 reckons	nsubj
8	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 have	nsubj
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 have	aux
12	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 reckons	ccomp
13	heaps	heap	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 have	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 windows	case
15	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 heaps	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 view	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 view	det
18	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 heaps	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 arvo	punct
20	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	21 arvo	det
21	arvo	arvo	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 view	appos
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 said	nsubj
23	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 arvo	acl:relcl
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 said	obj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 reckons	punct
26	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	reckon in a quote	present	Freya from Melbourne		vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	have in a quote	should	a house	heaps of windows and a view	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heap=Patient
3	say speech: assert in a quote	past	house	Badger	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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: (heaps = lots) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 Put	punct
2	heaps	heap	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 Put	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 lots	punct
4	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 heaps	conj
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 lots	punct
6	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 Put	obj
8	right	right	ADV	_	6 Put	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	infinitive	heaps and lots	Badger				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He says a house must be above ground, with heaps of windows, and a view of the river for everyone.

The tree, 20 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 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 house	det
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ground	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 ground	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 ground	cop
7	above	above	ADP	_	8 ground	case
8	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 heaps	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 heaps	case
11	heaps	heap	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 ground	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 windows	case
13	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 heaps	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 view	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 view	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 view	det
17	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ground	conj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 river	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 river	det
20	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 view	nmod
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 everyone	case
22	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	20 river	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	He			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	must	a house		ground and heaps of windows and a view of the river for everyone	tree rules
3	view			the river for everyone		nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

He says above ground is always best for all

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 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	above	above	ADP	_	4 ground	case
4	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 best	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 best	advmod
7	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	2 says	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 best	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	He			ground			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present						for all; always, well property	tree rules

Option 3

He says houses need many windows and views

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 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	nsubj
4	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 windows	amod
6	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 views	cc
8	views	view	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 windows	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	need	present	houses	many windows and views					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot window=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He says underground is best: no weather, no one looking over your wall

The tree, 13 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 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	underground	underground	ADV	_	2 says	advmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 best	cop
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 says	obj
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 weather	punct
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 weather	det
8	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 one	punct
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 one	det
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 weather	appos
12	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 one	acl
13	over	over	ADP	_	15 wall	case
14	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 wall	nmod:poss
15	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	He	underground property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		good property	tree rules
3	look	gerund	no one not said here	over your wall	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent over wall=Theme

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