Test 13 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the…

Kirsty, lowkey sus: «wait, if Badger knew, why'd he leave the Rat alone?» (sus = suspicious) What's the best answer from the text?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Badger, best answer · What happens: wait, know, leave, be · To what, where: Rat

This is test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 47 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the doctor, the lawyer, and the rope of sheets)» 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: Kirsty, lowkey sus: «wait, if Badger knew, why'd he leave the Rat alone?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kirsty	Kirsty	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sus	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sus	punct
3	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sus	amod
4	sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 wait	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 wait	punct
7	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 sus	parataxis
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 knew	punct
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 knew	mark
10	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 knew	nsubj
11	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 wait	advcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 leave	punct
13	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	16 leave	advmod
14	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 leave	aux
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 leave	nsubj
16	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wait	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Rat	det
18	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 leave	obj
19	alone	alone	ADV	_	16 leave	advmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 sus	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 sus	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait in a quote	infinitive				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	know a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	past	Badger			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	leave in a quote	would	Badger	the Rat	alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=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.

Sentence 2: (sus = suspicious) What's the best answer from the text?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	4 suspicious	punct
2	sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 suspicious	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 suspicious	punct
4	suspicious	suspicious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 suspicious	punct
6	What	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 suspicious	conj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 What	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 answer	det
9	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 answer	amod
10	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 What	nsubj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 text	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 text	det
13	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 answer	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 suspicious	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best answer from the text						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The Badger forgot to say anything more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Badger	det
2	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 forgot	nsubj
3	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 say	mark
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forgot	xcomp
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 say	obj
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	the Badger						tree rules
2	not say speech: assert	to-infinitive	the Badger not said here	anything					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic

Option 2

He did warn the Rat, but the Rat still got fooled, since he did not listen to the Badger's advice

The tree, 21 words

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 warn	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 warn	aux
3	warn	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 warn	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fooled	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 fooled	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Rat	det
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 fooled	nsubj
10	still	still	ADV	_	12 fooled	advmod
11	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 fooled	aux:pass
12	fooled	fool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 warn	parataxis
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 listen	punct
14	since	since	SCONJ	_	18 listen	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 listen	nsubj
16	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 listen	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 listen	advmod
18	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 warn	conj
19	to	to	ADP	_	23 advice	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Badger	det
21	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 advice	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 Badger	case
23	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 listen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	past · do-support	He		the Rat			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rat=Recipient
2	fool	past · passive		the Rat		still		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	not listen	past · do-support	Rat				to the Badger's advice	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to advice=Theme

Option 3

He left because he trusted Toad's acting

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	2 left	nsubj
2	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 trusted	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 trusted	nsubj
5	trusted	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 left	ccomp
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 acting	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Toad	case
8	acting	acting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trusted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	leave	past	He		tree rules
2	trust	past	he	Toad's acting	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acting=Theme
3	act		Toad		nom acting «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He did warn the Rat — but the Rat still got fooled

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 warn	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 warn	aux
3	warn	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rat	det
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 warn	obj
6	—	-	PUNCT	_	9 Rat	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 Rat	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Rat	det
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 warn	obl
10	still	still	ADV	_	11 got	advmod
11	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 Rat	acl:relcl
12	fooled	fool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 got	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	past · do-support	He	the Rat	the Rat		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rat=Recipient
2	get	past	the Rat not said here			still	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	fool	participle	the Rat not said here				vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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