Test 4 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (t…
Callum, bit scared: «so them weasels'll get Mole again next time?» What did Badger promise?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Callum, them, Badger · What happens: bite, get, promise · To what, where: Mole
This is test 4 · ★★★ 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: Callum, bit scared: «so them weasels'll get Mole again next time?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Callum | Callum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 bit | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Callum | punct |
| 3 | bit | bite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bit | xcomp |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 bit | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 get | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 get | advmod |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 get | nsubj |
| 9 | weasels | weasel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 get | nsubj |
| 10 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 get | aux |
| 11 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 bit | parataxis |
| 12 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 get | obj |
| 13 | again | again | ADV | _ | 11 get | advmod |
| 14 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 time | amod |
| 15 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 get | obl:unmarked |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 11 get | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite | past | Callum | scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get in a quote | future | them = they | Mole | again; time | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mole=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: What did Badger promise?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 promise | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 promise | aux |
| 3 | Badger | Badger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 promise | nsubj |
| 4 | promise | promise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 promise | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | promise speech: promise | past · do-support | Badger | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1
He'll send a message that Mole must stay indoors
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 send | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 send | aux |
| 3 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 message | det |
| 5 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 send | obj |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 stay | mark |
| 7 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stay | nsubj |
| 8 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 stay | aux |
| 9 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 send | advcl |
| 10 | indoors | indoors | ADV | _ | 9 stay | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | future | He | a message | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme | ||||
| 2 | stay | must | Mole | indoors property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
He'll have the weasels banned from the whole 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 have | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 have | aux |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 weasels | det |
| 5 | weasels | weasel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obj |
| 6 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 weasels | acl |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 wood | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 wood | det |
| 9 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 wood | amod |
| 10 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 banned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | future | He | the weasels | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weasel=Patient | ||||
| 2 | ban | participle | the weasels not said here | the whole wood | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from wood=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He'll pass the word that his friends walk where they like
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 pass | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 pass | aux |
| 3 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 word | det |
| 5 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pass | obj |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 walk | obj |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 friends | nmod:poss |
| 8 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 walk | nsubj |
| 9 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 word | acl:relcl |
| 10 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 12 like | advmod |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 like | nsubj |
| 12 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 walk | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | future | He | the word | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme word=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | walk | present | his friends | the word | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme that=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | like | present | friends = friend | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 4
He'll fight the weasels
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 fight | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 fight | aux |
| 3 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 weasels | det |
| 5 | weasels | weasel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fight | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | future | He | the weasels | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weasel=Co-Agent |
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