Test 13 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (t…

Jayden from Pittsburgh: «yinz see the Wild Wood from the stile? it looks all friendly now.» (yinz = you all) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jayden, Wood, yinz · What happens: see, look, put · To what, where: Wild Wood, stile, Wood

This is test 13 · ★★★ 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: Jayden from Pittsburgh: «yinz see the Wild Wood from the stile? it looks all friendly now.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jayden	Jayden	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 see	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Pittsburgh	case
3	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Jayden	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 see	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 see	punct
6	yinz	yinz	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 see	nsubj
7	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Wood	det
9	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	10 Wood	flat
10	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 see	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 stile	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stile	det
13	stile	stile	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 looks	punct
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 looks	nsubj
16	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 see	parataxis
17	all	all	ADV	_	18 friendly	advmod
18	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 looks	xcomp
19	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 looks	advmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 looks	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 looks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see in a quote	present	Jayden from Pittsburgh	the Wild Wood		the stile			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wood=Stimulus
2	look in a quote	present	Wood				now	friendly property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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: (yinz = you all) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 yinz	punct
2	yinz	yinz	PROPN	_	7 Put	nsubj
3	=	=	PUNCT	_	7 Put	punct
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 Put	nsubj
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 you	nmod:unmarked
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 you	punct
7	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 Put	obj
9	right	right	ADV	_	7 Put	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 Put	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It looks dense and grim, and the Mole would not want to go in there in winter

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 looks	nsubj
2	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dense	dense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 looks	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 grim	cc
5	grim	grim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dense	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 want	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 want	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Mole	det
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 want	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 want	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 want	advmod
12	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 looks	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 go	mark
14	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 want	xcomp
15	in	in	ADV	_	14 go	advmod
16	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 go	advmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 winter	case
18	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	It			dense property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	not want	would	the Mole				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	go in not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Mole not said here	there	winter		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It looks gentle and calm against the bright snow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 looks	nsubj
2	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 looks	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 calm	cc
5	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gentle	conj
6	against	against	ADP	_	9 snow	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 snow	det
8	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 snow	amod
9	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	It					against the bright snow; gentle property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent against snow=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It looks dense, menacing and grim against the white snow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 looks	nsubj
2	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dense	dense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 looks	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 menacing	punct
5	menacing	menacing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dense	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 grim	cc
7	grim	grim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dense	conj
8	against	against	ADP	_	11 snow	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 snow	det
10	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 snow	amod
11	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	It					against the white snow; dense property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent against snow=Theme

Option 4

It looks thick, dark and menacing against the white snow, with no paths visible at all

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 looks	nsubj
2	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 looks	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 dark	punct
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 thick	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 menacing	cc
7	menacing	menace	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 dark	conj
8	against	against	ADP	_	11 snow	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 snow	det
10	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 snow	amod
11	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 menacing	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 paths	punct
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 paths	case
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 paths	det
15	paths	path	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 looks	conj
16	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 paths	amod
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 all	case
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 visible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	It					thick property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	menace	gerund						against the white snow	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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