Test 11 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (t…

The Mole began the book bursting out of his hole into the sunshine. How has he changed by the end of chapter IV?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mole, book · What happens: begin, burst out, change · To what, where: book, hole, sunshine

This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (the city under the Wild Wood, and the way home)» 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: The Mole began the book bursting out of his hole into the sunshine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mole	det
2	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 began	nsubj
3	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 book	det
5	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 began	obj
6	bursting	burst	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 book	acl
7	out	out	ADP	_	10 hole	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 hole	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 hole	nmod:poss
10	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bursting	obl
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 sunshine	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sunshine	det
13	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bursting	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	the Mole	the book					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Eventuality
2	burst out	gerund	the book not said here	Mole's hole		the sunshine			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hole=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: How has he changed by the end of chapter IV?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 changed	advmod
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 changed	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 changed	nsubj
4	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 end	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 end	det
7	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 changed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 chapter	case
9	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 end	nmod
10	IV	iv	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 chapter	appos
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 changed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present · perfect	Mole				by the end of chapter		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

He now prefers the wild wood to the river bank

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	3 prefers	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 prefers	advmod
3	prefers	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wood	det
5	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wood	amod
6	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prefers	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 bank	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bank	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bank	compound
10	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prefers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer	present	He	the wild wood			now	to the river bank	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wood=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He now feels he belongs to the Badger's dark halls and the wood

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	3 feels	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 feels	advmod
3	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 belongs	nsubj
5	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 feels	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	11 halls	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Badger	det
8	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 halls	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Badger	case
10	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 halls	amod
11	halls	hall	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 belongs	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 wood	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wood	det
14	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 halls	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	He				now		vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	belong	present	he					to the Badger's dark halls and the wood	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He has finally learned to love the Wild Wood and its dangers

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	4 learned	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 learned	aux
3	finally	finally	ADV	_	4 learned	advmod
4	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 love	mark
6	love	love	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 learned	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Wood	det
8	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	9 Wood	flat
9	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 love	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 dangers	cc
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 dangers	nmod:poss
12	dangers	danger	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 Wood	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	present · perfect	He					finally property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	love	to-infinitive	He not said here	the Wild Wood and its dangers					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wood=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He knows now he belongs to fields, hedges and the river — not the wild

The tree, 14 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 knows	nsubj
2	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 knows	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 belongs	nsubj
5	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 knows	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 fields	case
7	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 belongs	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hedges	punct
9	hedges	hedge	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fields	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 river	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 river	det
12	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fields	conj
13	—	-	PUNCT	_	16 wild	punct
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 wild	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wild	det
16	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knows	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	He				now		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	belong	present	he					to fields and hedges and the river	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

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