Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (t…

Looking back: what were the Otter's first words at the picnic in chapter I?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: look back, be · To what, where: first words, picnic

This is test 9 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 words	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 words	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 words	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Otter	det
7	Otter	Otter	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 words	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Otter	case
9	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 words	amod
10	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Looking	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 picnic	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 picnic	det
13	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 words	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 chapter	case
15	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 words	nmod
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 chapter	nsubj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	is a	past		the Otter's first words		the picnic		in chapter	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

«Greedy beggars! Why didn't you invite me, Ratty?»

Sentence 1: «Greedy beggars!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 beggars	punct
2	Greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 beggars	amod
3	beggars	beggar	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 beggars	punct

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

Sentence 2: Why didn't you invite me, Ratty?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 invite	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 invite	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 invite	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 invite	nsubj
5	invite	invite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 invite	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Ratty	punct
8	Ratty	Ratty	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 invite	vocative
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 invite	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 invite	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not invite	past · do-support	you		me			Ratty vocative	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient

Option 2

«Greedy beggars! Why didn't you invite me to this lovely picnic by the river, Ratty?»

Sentence 1: «Greedy beggars!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 beggars	punct
2	Greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 beggars	amod
3	beggars	beggar	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 beggars	punct

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

Sentence 2: Why didn't you invite me to this lovely picnic by the river, Ratty?»

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 invite	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 invite	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 invite	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 invite	nsubj
5	invite	invite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 invite	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 picnic	case
8	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 picnic	det
9	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 picnic	amod
10	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 invite	obl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 river	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 river	det
13	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 invite	parataxis
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Ratty	punct
15	Ratty	Ratty	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 river	vocative
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 invite	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 invite	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not invite	past · do-support	you		me			to this lovely picnic	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient

Option 3

«Hello, Ratty, you greedy fellow! Why didn't you send me a note about the picnic first thing?»

Sentence 1: «Hello, Ratty, you greedy fellow!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Hello	punct
2	Hello	hello	INTJ	_	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Ratty	punct
4	Ratty	Ratty	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Hello	vocative
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 fellow	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 fellow	nsubj
7	greedy	greedy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fellow	amod
8	fellow	fellow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Ratty	appos
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 Ratty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fellow in a quote		you						tree rules

Sentence 2: Why didn't you send me a note about the picnic first thing?»

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 send	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 send	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 send	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 send	nsubj
5	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 send	iobj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 note	det
8	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 send	obj
9	about	about	ADP	_	13 thing	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 thing	det
11	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 thing	compound
12	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 thing	amod
13	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 send	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 send	punct
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 send	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not send	past · do-support	you	a note	me			about the picnic first thing	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination note=Theme

Option 4

«Good morning, Ratty! Where's the food?»

Sentence 1: «Good morning, Ratty!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 morning	punct
2	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 morning	amod
3	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Ratty	punct
5	Ratty	Ratty	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 morning	vocative
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 morning	punct

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

Sentence 2: Where's the food?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Where	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 food	det
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Where	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Where	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Where	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the food					where property	tree 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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