Test 4 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'…

Chloe: «locking Toad up is a bummer, but it's to keep him safe, right?» (bummer = a pity) Why do the friends say they're doing it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Chloe, bummer, friends · What happens: lock up, be, say, do · To what, where: Toad, bummer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 46 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'm not sorry!» and the Toad locked in his bedroom)» 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: Chloe: «locking Toad up is a bummer, but it's to keep him safe, right?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 bummer	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 bummer	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 locking	punct
4	locking	lock	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 bummer	csubj
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 locking	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 locking	compound:prt
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 bummer	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bummer	det
9	bummer	bummer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 keep	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 keep	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 keep	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 keep	cop
14	to	to	PART	_	15 keep	mark
15	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 bummer	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 keep	obj
17	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 keep	xcomp
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 keep	punct
19	right	right	INTJ	_	15 keep	discourse
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 bummer	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 bummer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lock up in a quote	gerund		Toad		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Patient
2	is a in a quote	present	Chloe	a bummer		tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	bummer		keep, safe 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: (bummer = a pity) Why do the friends say they're doing it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 pity	punct
2	bummer	bummer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pity	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	5 pity	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pity	det
5	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 pity	punct
7	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 say	advmod
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 say	aux
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 friends	det
10	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 say	nsubj
11	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pity	parataxis
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 doing	nsubj
13	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 doing	aux
14	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 say	ccomp
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 doing	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 pity	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	the friends						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	present · progressive	friends = friend	bummer					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

For his own good, to stop him crashing, getting in trouble with police and wasting all of his money

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	4 good	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 good	nmod:poss
3	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 good	amod
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stop	punct
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stop	mark
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 good	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stop	obj
9	crashing	crash	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 stop	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 getting	punct
11	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 crashing	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 trouble	case
13	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 getting	obl
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 police	case
15	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 getting	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 wasting	cc
17	wasting	waste	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 crashing	conj
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 wasting	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 money	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 money	nmod:poss
21	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 all	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stop	to-infinitive	him = he			tree rules
2	crash	gerund				vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	get	gerund		trouble	with police	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	waste	gerund	all			vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

For his own good — to stop crashes, police and wasted money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	4 good	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 good	nmod:poss
3	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 good	amod
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	7 stop	punct
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stop	mark
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 good	parataxis
8	crashes	crash	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stop	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 police	punct
10	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 crashes	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wasted	cc
12	wasted	waste	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 stop	conj
13	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wasted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	to-infinitive		crashes and police					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality crash=Eventuality
2	waste	past		money					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient

Option 3

For his own good, because Toad's friends think the Badger wants him to be better for the whole village

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	4 good	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 good	nmod:poss
3	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 good	amod
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 think	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 think	mark
7	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 friends	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Toad	case
9	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 think	nsubj
10	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 good	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Badger	det
12	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 wants	nsubj
13	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 think	ccomp
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 wants	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	17 better	mark
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 better	cop
17	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 wants	xcomp
18	for	for	ADP	_	21 village	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 village	det
20	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 village	amod
21	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 better	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Toad's friends			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	want	present	the Badger	Toad		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot he=Theme
3	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	Toad not said here		for the whole village; good property	tree rules

Option 4

Because he asked them to, to stop his money being spent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 asked	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 asked	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	3 asked	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stop	punct
7	to	to	PART	_	8 stop	mark
8	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 asked	parataxis
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 money	nmod:poss
10	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stop	obj
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 spent	aux:pass
12	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 stop	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	he		them = they	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
2	stop	to-infinitive		his money		tree rules
3	spend	gerund · passive				vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»

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