Test 14 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (t…

«Grand,» says Niamh from Cork, «so the Mole will want more adventures in the Wild Wood now.» (grand = fine) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Niamh, Mole, you · What happens: say, want, put · To what, where: Cork, more adventures, Wild Wood, Mole · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★★★ 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: «Grand,» says Niamh from Cork, «so the Mole will want more adventures in the Wild Wood now.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Grand	punct
2	Grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 says	ccomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Grand	punct
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Grand	punct
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Niamh	Niamh	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 Cork	case
8	Cork	Cork	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 says	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Cork	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 want	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 want	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Mole	det
13	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 want	nsubj
14	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 want	aux
15	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 says	ccomp
16	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 adventures	amod
17	adventures	adventure	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 want	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 Wood	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Wood	det
20	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	21 Wood	flat
21	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 adventures	nmod
22	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 want	advmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 want	punct
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Niamh			Cork			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	want in a quote	future	the Mole	more adventures		the Wild Wood	now		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot adventure=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: (grand = fine) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 grand	punct
2	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Put	advcl
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 fine	punct
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grand	conj
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 grand	punct
6	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 Put	obj
8	right	right	ADV	_	6 Put	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	Mole				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1

He plans to seek out the Wild Wood for more danger

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 plans	nsubj
2	plans	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 seek	mark
4	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 plans	xcomp
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 seek	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Wood	det
7	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	8 Wood	flat
8	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 seek	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 danger	case
10	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 danger	amod
11	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seek	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	present	He						vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	seek out not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the Wild Wood				for more danger	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent wood=Location for danger=Theme

Option 2

He decides never to visit the Wild Wood again, nor the field, nor the river, for many long and tiring years

The tree, 21 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 decides	nsubj
2	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 visit	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 visit	mark
5	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 decides	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Wood	det
7	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	8 Wood	flat
8	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 visit	obj
9	again	again	ADV	_	5 visit	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 field	punct
11	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	13 field	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 field	det
13	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 decides	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 river	punct
15	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	17 river	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 river	det
17	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 decides	parataxis
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 long	punct
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 long	case
20	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 long	amod
21	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 river	amod
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 long	cc
23	tiring	tiring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 years	amod
24	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 decides	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present	He				year		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not visit not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the Wild Wood			again		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Co-Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He decides to keep to the pleasant places, which hold adventure enough

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 decides	nsubj
2	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 keep	mark
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 decides	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 places	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 places	det
7	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 places	amod
8	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 keep	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 hold	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 hold	nsubj
11	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 places	acl:relcl
12	adventure	adventure	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hold	obj
13	enough	enough	ADV	_	11 hold	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	decide	present	He			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here		to the pleasant places	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	hold	present	the pleasant places	adventure	enough property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adventure=Theme

Option 4

He decides to stay in the pleasant fields and leave the wood alone, because the river has enough adventure for him

The tree, 21 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 decides	nsubj
2	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stay	mark
4	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 decides	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 fields	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fields	det
7	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fields	amod
8	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stay	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 leave	cc
10	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stay	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wood	det
12	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 leave	obj
13	alone	alone	ADV	_	10 leave	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 has	punct
15	because	because	SCONJ	_	18 has	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 river	det
17	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 has	nsubj
18	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 decides	parataxis
19	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 adventure	amod
20	adventure	adventure	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 has	obj
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 him	case
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 adventure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	decide	present	He				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here		the pleasant fields		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in field=Location
3	leave	infinitive	He not said here	the wood		alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme
4	have	present	the river	enough adventure		for him = he	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adventure=Patient

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