Test 7 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (t…

Looking back: in chapter I, an old rabbit asked the Mole for sixpence to pass. What did the Mole do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Looking, Mole · What happens: look back, ask, pass, do · To what, where: Mole · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: Looking back: in chapter I, an old rabbit asked the Mole for sixpence to pass.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 asked	csubj
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 chapter	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 rabbit	punct
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rabbit	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rabbit	amod
10	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chapter	conj
11	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Mole	det
13	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 asked	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 sixpence	case
15	sixpence	sixpence	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Mole	nmod
16	to	to	PART	_	17 pass	mark
17	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 asked	xcomp
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund			in chapter and a old rabbit	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	past	Looking	the Mole	for sixpence	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent mole=Recipient clause=Topic
3	pass not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Mole not said here			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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: What did the Mole do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 do	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	the Mole						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Gave him a sweet and walked on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Gave	iobj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sweet	det
4	sweet	sweet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gave	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 walked	cc
6	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Gave	conj
7	on	on	ADV	_	6 walked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past		a sweet	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sweet=Theme
2	walk on	past							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Refused to pay, and then gave him a long lecture about the Wild Wood and its dangers.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 pay	mark
3	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Refused	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 gave	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 gave	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 gave	advmod
7	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Refused	parataxis
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 gave	iobj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lecture	det
10	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 lecture	amod
11	lecture	lecture	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gave	obj
12	about	about	ADP	_	15 Wood	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Wood	det
14	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	15 Wood	flat
15	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 lecture	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 dangers	cc
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 dangers	nmod:poss
18	dangers	danger	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 Wood	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Refused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past					vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not pay	to-infinitive					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	give	past	a long lecture	him = he	then	about the Wild Wood and lecture's dangers	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient lecture=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Gave him sixpence, bowed politely, and then shouted «Onion-sauce!» at the old rabbit

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Gave	iobj
3	sixpence	sixpence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gave	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bowed	punct
5	bowed	bow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sixpence	acl
6	politely	politely	ADV	_	5 bowed	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 shouted	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 shouted	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 shouted	advmod
10	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Gave	conj
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 sauce	punct
12	Onion	onion	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sauce	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 Onion	punct
14	sauce	sauce	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shouted	obj
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	14 sauce	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 sauce	punct
17	at	at	ADP	_	20 rabbit	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 rabbit	det
19	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 rabbit	amod
20	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	sixpence	him = he			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sixpence=Theme
2	bow	participle	sixpence not said here			politely property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	shout speech: express	past	Onion sauce		then	at the old rabbit	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sauce=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Bowled him over and shouted «Onion-sauce!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bowled	bowl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Bowled	obj
3	over	over	ADP	_	1 Bowled	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 shouted	cc
5	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Bowled	conj
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 sauce	punct
7	Onion	onion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sauce	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 Onion	punct
9	sauce	sauce	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shouted	obj
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 sauce	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 sauce	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bowl over	past		him = he					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Agent
2	shout speech: express	past		Onion sauce					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sauce=Topic

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