Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (t…

Looking back: in chapter I, how did the Rat describe the river?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: look back, describe · To what, where: river

This is test 9 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 describe	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 chapter	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 describe	punct
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	12 describe	advmod
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 describe	aux
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Rat	det
11	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 describe	nsubj
12	describe	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 river	det
14	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 describe	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Rat not said here					in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	describe	past · do-support	the Rat	the river					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent river=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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

«It's my world, and I don't want any other»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 world	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 world	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 world	cop
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 world	nmod:poss
5	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 want	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 want	cc
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 want	nsubj
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 want	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 want	advmod
11	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 world	conj
12	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 other	det
13	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 want	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 world	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	It	my world					tree rules
2	not want in a quote	present · do-support	I	any other					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot other=Theme

Option 2

«Mine is a river, cold and wet and fine»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 river	punct
2	Mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 river	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 river	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cold	punct
7	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 river	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wet	cc
9	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cold	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fine	cc
11	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cold	conj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 river	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	Mine	a river					tree rules

Option 3

«It's the only place for a cheerful life»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 place	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 place	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 place	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 place	det
5	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 place	amod
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 life	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 life	det
9	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 life	amod
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 place	nmod
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 place	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	It	the only place				for a cheerful life	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

«It's a world of its own, and I know everything about it, so I need no other»

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 world	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 world	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 world	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 world	det
5	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 own	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 own	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 world	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 know	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 know	cc
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 know	nsubj
12	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 world	parataxis
13	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 know	obj
14	about	about	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 everything	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 need	punct
17	so	so	ADV	_	19 need	advmod
18	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 need	nsubj
19	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 know	conj
20	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	21 other	det
21	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 need	obj
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 world	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	It	a world	of world's own	tree rules
2	know in a quote	present	I	everything	about world	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus
3	need in a quote	present	I	no other		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot other=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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