Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'…

Looking back: in chapter IV, which line about Toad did the Badger say in winter?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Looking, Badger · What happens: look back, do, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 did	csubj
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	IV	IV	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 line	punct
8	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	9 line	det
9	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chapter	conj
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 Toad	case
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 line	nmod
12	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Badger	det
14	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 say	nsubj
15	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 did	parataxis
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 winter	case
17	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 say	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund			in chapter and which line about Toad	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	do	past	Looking			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	present	the Badger	winter		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

Keep him calm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	him = he				calm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

We will teach him to be sensible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 teach	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 teach	aux
3	teach	teach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 teach	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	7 sensible	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 sensible	cop
7	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 teach	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	future	We		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	is	to-infinitive	We not said here					sensible property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

We'll make Toad be quite sensible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 make	nsubj
2	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 make	aux
3	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
5	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 make	xcomp
6	quite	quite	ADV	_	7 sensible	advmod
7	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	future	We	Toad				sensible property	tree rules
2	be	infinitive	Toad not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

«We'll make him be a sensible Toad»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 make	punct
2	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 make	nsubj
3	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 make	aux
4	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 Toad	advcl
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 make	obj
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 Toad	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 Toad	det
8	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Toad	amod
9	Toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 Toad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make in a quote	future	We	him = he					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product
2	is a in a quote	imperative	you not said here	a sensible Toad					tree rules

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