Test 3 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (t…

«They're not so bad really; and we must all live and let live.» What is the Badger asking the Mole to do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: They, we, Badger, Mole · What happens: not be, live, let, be, ask, do · To what, where: Mole

This is test 3 · ★★★ 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: «They're not so bad really; and we must all live and let live.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 bad	punct
2	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bad	nsubj
3	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bad	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 bad	advmod
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 bad	advmod
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	really	really	ADV	_	6 bad	advmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 live	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 live	cc
10	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 live	nsubj
11	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 live	aux
12	all	all	ADV	_	13 live	advmod
13	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 bad	parataxis
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 let	cc
15	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 live	conj
16	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 let	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bad	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 bad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not is in a quote	present	They	bad property	tree rules
2	live in a quote	must	we	all property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	let in a quote	infinitive	we not said here		tree rules
4	live in a quote	infinitive	we not said here		vn exist-47.1-1 «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 is the Badger asking the Mole to do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Badger	det
4	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 Badger	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Mole	det
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asking	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 do	mark
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 asking	xcomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	the Badger		tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	the Badger not said here	the Mole	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent mole=Recipient clause=Topic
3	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Mole not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Let the Wild Wood animals alone and let them go their own ways, without any hating or fighting from anyone at all

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animals	det
3	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	4 Wood	flat
4	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 animals	compound
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Let	obj
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Let	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 let	cc
8	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Let	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 let	obj
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 let	xcomp
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 ways	nmod:poss
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ways	amod
13	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 go	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 hating	punct
15	without	without	ADP	_	17 hating	case
16	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	17 hating	det
17	hating	hating	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 let	obl
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 fighting	cc
19	fighting	fight	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 hating	conj
20	from	from	ADP	_	21 anyone	case
21	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	19 fighting	obl
22	at	at	ADP	_	23 all	case
23	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 anyone	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	the Wood animals		alone property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme
2	let	infinitive	you not said here	animals = animal		without any hating	tree rules
3	go	infinitive	animals = animal not said here	animals's own ways			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	fight	gerund	you not said here		anyone		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Forgive the wicked animals and let them live in the wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forgive	forgive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 animals	det
3	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 animals	amod
4	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Forgive	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 let	cc
6	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Forgive	conj
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 let	obj
8	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 let	xcomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 wood	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wood	det
11	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	forgive	imperative	you not said here	the wicked animals		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme
2	let	infinitive	you not said here	animals = animal		tree rules
3	live	infinitive	animals = animal not said here		the wood	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Let the Wild Wood animals live their own way, without hating them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 animals	det
3	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	4 Wood	flat
4	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 animals	compound
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 live	nsubj
6	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Let	ccomp
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 way	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 way	amod
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 live	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hating	punct
11	without	without	SCONJ	_	12 hating	mark
12	hating	hate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Let	advcl
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
2	live	present	the Wood animals	animals's own way	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme way=Location
3	hate	gerund	you not said here	animals = animal	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 4

Give up his home in the hills and go and live among the wild animals of the dark wood

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Give	compound:prt
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 home	nmod:poss
4	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 hills	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hills	det
7	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Give	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 go	cc
9	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Give	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 live	cc
11	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Give	conj
12	among	among	ADP	_	15 animals	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 animals	det
14	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 animals	amod
15	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 live	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 wood	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 wood	det
18	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 wood	amod
19	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 animals	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give up	imperative	you not said here	his home	the hills		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Source
2	go	present	you not said here				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	live	present	you not said here			among the wild animals of the dark wood	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among animal=Location

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