Test 3 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the…

Ruby, lowkey shook: «why's Badger so bossy with the chauffeur, that's rude.» Why does Badger send him away so firmly?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruby lowkey, that, Badger · What happens: shake, be, send away · To what, where: lowkey

This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 45 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the hour of Toad, and off with those motor-clothes!)» 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: Ruby, lowkey shook: «why's Badger so bossy with the chauffeur, that's rude.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 lowkey	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ruby	punct
3	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shook	nsubj
4	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 shook	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 bossy	punct
7	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 bossy	advmod
8	's	's	PART	_	7 why	case
9	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 bossy	nsubj
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 bossy	advmod
11	bossy	bossy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 shook	parataxis
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 chauffeur	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 chauffeur	det
14	chauffeur	chauffeur	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bossy	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 rude	punct
16	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 rude	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 rude	cop
18	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bossy	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shook	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 shook	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	past	Ruby lowkey						tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	that					rude property	tree rules

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: Why does Badger send him away so firmly?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 send	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 send	aux
3	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 send	nsubj
4	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 send	obj
6	away	away	ADV	_	4 send	advmod
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 firmly	advmod
8	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	4 send	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 send	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send away	present · do-support	Badger	lowkey				away, firmly property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

So Toad can't drive off in the new car, which would ruin all his plans for reform

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	5 drive	advmod
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 drive	nsubj
3	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 drive	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 drive	advmod
5	drive	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 drive	compound:prt
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 car	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 car	det
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 car	amod
10	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drive	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ruin	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 ruin	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 ruin	aux
14	ruin	ruin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 drive	conj
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 plans	det:predet
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 plans	nmod:poss
17	plans	plan	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 ruin	obj
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 reform	case
19	reform	reform	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ruin	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not drive off	can	Toad		the new car		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	ruin	would		Toad's plans		for reform	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Patient
3	plan		Toad				nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

So Toad can't drive off in the new car

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	5 drive	advmod
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 drive	nsubj
3	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 drive	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 drive	advmod
5	drive	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 drive	compound:prt
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 car	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 car	det
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 car	amod
10	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not drive off	can	Toad			the new car			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Because the chauffeur is unwelcome here now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 unwelcome	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 chauffeur	det
3	chauffeur	chauffeur	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unwelcome	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unwelcome	aux:pass
5	unwelcome	unwelcome	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 unwelcome	advmod
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 unwelcome	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unwelcome	present · passive		the chauffeur		here	now		tree rules

Option 4

So the chauffeur doesn't see Toad's mess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	6 see	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 chauffeur	det
3	chauffeur	chauffeur	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 see	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 see	advmod
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 mess	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Toad	case
9	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	present · do-support	the chauffeur	Toad's mess					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mess=Stimulus
2	mess		Toad						nom mess «state transitive»: poss=agent

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