Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer…

Looking back: in chapter VI, after Toad escaped, why did Badger say they should go on sleeping at Toad Hall?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Toad, Badger, they · What happens: look back, escape, say, go, sleep · To what, where: Toad Hall · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 escaped	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	VI	VI	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 escaped	punct
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 escaped	mark
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 escaped	nsubj
10	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 say	punct
12	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	15 say	advmod
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 say	aux
14	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 say	nsubj
15	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 escaped	conj
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 go	nsubj
17	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 go	aux
18	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 say	ccomp
19	on	on	SCONJ	_	20 sleeping	mark
20	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 go	advcl
21	at	at	ADP	_	23 Hall	case
22	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 Hall	compound
23	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 sleeping	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 escaped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Toad not said here		in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	escape	past	Toad			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	say speech: assert	past · do-support	Badger			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	go	should	they			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	sleep	gerund	they not said here	Toad Hall		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: 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

Toad might be brought back «between two policemen» and they must be there to meet him

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 brought	nsubj:pass
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 brought	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 brought	aux:pass
4	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 brought	advmod
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 policemen	punct
7	between	between	ADP	_	9 policemen	case
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 policemen	nummod
9	policemen	policeman	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 brought	parataxis
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 policemen	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 there	cc
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 there	nsubj
13	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 there	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 there	cop
15	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 brought	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 meet	mark
17	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 there	advcl
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 meet	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bring back	might · passive		Toad		tree rules
2	is	must	policemen = policeman		there property	tree rules
3	meet	to-infinitive	policemen = policeman not said here	Toad		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent

Option 2

Badger wanted them to sleep there because the weasels might attack the house again during the night

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 sleep	mark
5	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 sleep	advmod
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 attack	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 weasels	det
9	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 attack	nsubj
10	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 attack	aux
11	attack	attack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sleep	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 house	det
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 attack	obj
14	again	again	ADV	_	11 attack	advmod
15	during	during	ADP	_	17 night	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 night	det
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 attack	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	want	past	Badger	them = they			tree rules
2	sleep not said to happen	to-infinitive	them = they not said here		there		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	attack	might	the weasels	the house		again; night	vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Toad might be brought back «between two policemen»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 brought	nsubj:pass
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 brought	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 brought	aux:pass
4	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 brought	advmod
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 policemen	punct
7	between	between	ADP	_	9 policemen	case
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 policemen	nummod
9	policemen	policeman	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 brought	parataxis
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 policemen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring back	might · passive		Toad					tree rules

Option 4

Badger wanted to watch the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 watch	mark
4	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 house	det
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 watch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	Badger						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	watch not said to happen	to-infinitive	Badger not said here	the house					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme

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