Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Ad…

Looking back: in chapter IV, what did Badger say he would do to Toad once winter was over?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Badger, winter · What happens: look back, say, do, be · To what, where: Toad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 63 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Adventures of Toad (the most conceited song and the very same motor-car)» 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	11 say	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	IV	IV	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 say	obj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 say	aux
10	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 say	nsubj
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 do	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 do	aux
14	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 say	ccomp
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 Toad	case
16	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 do	obl
17	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	14 do	advmod
18	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 over	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 over	cop
20	over	over	ADV	_	17 once	ccomp
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Badger not said here		in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past · do-support	Badger			tree rules
3	do	would	Badger	Toad	once property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	past	winter		over 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.

The options

Option 1

Keep him indoors and watch him closely always

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	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	1 Keep	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 watch	cc
5	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 watch	obj
7	closely	closely	ADV	_	5 watch	advmod
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 watch	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	him = he				indoors property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	watch	infinitive	you not said here	him = he				always, closely property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Take him firmly in hand and make him promise to stop being a foolish Toad and learn to behave himself at last

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Take	obj
3	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	1 Take	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 hand	case
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 make	cc
7	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 make	obj
9	promise	promise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 make	xcomp
10	to	to	PART	_	11 stop	mark
11	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 promise	xcomp
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 Toad	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 Toad	det
14	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Toad	amod
15	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 stop	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 learn	cc
17	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	conj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 behave	mark
19	behave	behave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 learn	xcomp
20	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	19 behave	obj
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 last	case
22	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 behave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	him = he	hand	firmly property	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Value in hand=Location
2	make	infinitive	you not said here	him = he			tree rules
3	promise speech: promise	infinitive	him = he not said here				vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
5	is a	gerund		a foolish Toad			tree rules
6	learn	infinitive	you not said here				vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	behave	to-infinitive	you not said here	Toad	last		tree rules

Option 3

Take him in hand, lock him in the Wild Wood, and make him be a sensible Toad, with no more motor-cars ever again

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Take	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 hand	case
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lock	punct
6	lock	lock	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lock	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 Wood	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Wood	det
10	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	11 Wood	flat
11	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 lock	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 make	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 make	cc
14	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	conj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 make	obj
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 Toad	cop
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 Toad	det
18	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 Toad	amod
19	Toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 make	xcomp
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 cars	punct
21	with	with	ADP	_	26 cars	case
22	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	26 cars	det
23	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	26 cars	amod
24	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 cars	compound
25	-	-	PUNCT	_	24 motor	punct
26	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Take	obj
27	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	26 cars	advmod
28	again	again	ADV	_	1 Take	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	him = he	hand	again	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Theme car=Destination
2	lock	infinitive	you not said here	him = he	the Wild Wood		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	make	infinitive	you not said here	him = he			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product
4	is a	infinitive	him = he not said here	a sensible Toad			tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Take him in hand and make him be a sensible Toad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Take	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 hand	case
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 make	cc
6	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 make	obj
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 Toad	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 Toad	det
10	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Toad	amod
11	Toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	him = he	hand	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Value in hand=Location
2	make	infinitive	you not said here	him = he		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product
3	is a	infinitive	him = he not said here	a sensible Toad		tree rules

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