Test 11 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer…

Looking back: in chapter IV, Badger said «Any friend of mine walks where he likes in this country». Why is Toad Hall now different?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Badger, friend, Toad · What happens: look back, say, walk, like, be · To what, where: country · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 66 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (how Toad Hall was taken, a gun at the gate and a sunken boat)» 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: Looking back: in chapter IV, Badger said «Any friend of mine walks where he likes in this country».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 said	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	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 walks	punct
11	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 friend	det
12	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 walks	nsubj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 mine	case
14	mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 friend	nmod
15	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 said	ccomp
16	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	18 likes	advmod
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 likes	nsubj
18	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 walks	conj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 country	case
20	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	21 country	det
21	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 likes	obl
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 walks	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	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	Badger			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	walk in a quote	present	any friend of mine			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	like in a quote	present	friend	this country		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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 is Toad Hall now different?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	cop
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Why	nsubj
4	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Toad	flat
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 different	advmod
6	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Toad	parataxis
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Toad					why property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Toad Hall is now full of stoats, and Badger has grown too old to walk there any more

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 full	nsubj
2	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Toad	flat
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 full	cop
4	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 full	advmod
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 stoats	case
7	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 full	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 grown	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 grown	cc
10	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 grown	nsubj
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 grown	aux
12	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 full	conj
13	too	too	ADV	_	14 old	advmod
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 grown	xcomp
15	to	to	PART	_	16 walk	mark
16	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 old	xcomp
17	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 walk	advmod
18	any	any	ADV	_	19 more	advmod
19	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	16 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Toad		now	of stoats; full property	tree rules
2	grow	present · perfect	Badger			old property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	walk	to-infinitive	Badger not said here	there			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Toad has been sent to prison

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sent	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 sent	aux:pass
4	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 prison	case
6	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	present · perfect · passive		Toad		prison			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to prison=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Wild Wooders have dared to take it, Badger or no Badger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Wooders	det
2	Wild	Wild	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Wooders	compound
3	Wooders	wooder	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dared	nsubj:pass
4	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dared	aux
5	dared	dare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 take	mark
7	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 dared	xcomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 take	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Badger	punct
10	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 dared	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 Badger	cc
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 Badger	det
13	Badger	badger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Badger	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dare	present · perfect · passive		the Wild Wooders				Badger or no Badger obl	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	take	to-infinitive		it					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Badger has moved away now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 moved	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 moved	aux
3	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 moved	advmod
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 moved	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move away	present · perfect	Badger				now	away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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