Test 4 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (t…

Kai: «wicked cool, the Otter's walk.» (wicked = very, in New England) Which of these was NOT in the Otter's story of his walk?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Otter, these · What happens: walk, not be

This is test 4 · ★★★ 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: Kai: «wicked cool, the Otter's walk.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 cool	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 cool	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 cool	punct
4	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cool	amod
5	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 walk	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Otter	det
8	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 walk	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Otter	case
10	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cool	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 cool	punct
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 cool	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk in a quote		the Otter						nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent

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: (wicked = very, in New England) Which of these was NOT in the Otter's story of his walk?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 wicked	punct
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 very	punct
4	very	very	ADV	_	2 wicked	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 England	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 England	case
7	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 England	flat
8	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wicked	appos
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	8 England	punct
10	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 wicked	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	19 story	case
12	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	19 story	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 story	cop
14	NOT	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 story	advmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	19 story	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Otter	det
17	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 story	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 Otter	case
19	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Which	nmod
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 walk	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 walk	nmod:poss
22	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 story	nmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 wicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	past	these					of the Otter's story; of Otter's walk	tree rules
2	walk		Otter						nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The big snow-castle on the old bridge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 castle	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 castle	amod
3	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 castle	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 snow	punct
5	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 bridge	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bridge	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bridge	amod
9	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 castle	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A frozen waterfall that he slid down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 waterfall	det
2	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 waterfall	amod
3	waterfall	waterfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slid	nsubj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 slid	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 slid	nsubj
6	slid	slide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	down	down	ADP	_	6 slid	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	slide down	past	a frozen waterfall						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

A stop at a frozen mill where he ate ham and drank tea with the miller

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 stop	det
2	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ate	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	6 mill	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mill	det
5	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 mill	amod
6	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stop	nmod
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 ate	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 ate	nsubj
9	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	ham	ham	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ate	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 drank	cc
12	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 ate	conj
13	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 drank	obj
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 miller	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 miller	det
16	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 drank	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	freeze	participle				vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	eat	past	a stop at a frozen mill	ham		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ham=Patient
3	drink	past	a stop at a frozen mill not said here	tea	with the miller	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient

Option 4

A slide down the frozen river bank, then a long lunch with the robins in the hedges.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 slide	det
2	slide	slide	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	7 bank	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bank	det
5	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 bank	amod
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bank	compound
7	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slide	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lunch	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 lunch	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 lunch	det
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 lunch	amod
12	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slide	conj
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 robins	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 robins	det
15	robins	robin	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 lunch	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 hedges	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 hedges	det
18	hedges	hedge	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 robins	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slide	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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