Test 11 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer…

Looking back: in chapter IV, what did Badger say he would do about Toad «when once the year has really turned»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Badger, year · What happens: look back, say, do, turn · To what, where: chapter · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 67 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (loyal friends, cold pie and «Be quiet at once!»)» 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	5 chapter	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	root	root
6	IV	IV	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 say	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	5 chapter	parataxis
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	about	about	ADP	_	16 Toad	case
16	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 do	obl
17	«	«	PUNCT	_	24 turned	punct
18	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	24 turned	advmod
19	once	once	SCONJ	_	24 turned	mark
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 year	det
21	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 turned	nsubj
22	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 turned	aux
23	really	really	ADV	_	24 turned	advmod
24	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 Toad	acl:relcl
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	24 turned	punct
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past · do-support	Badger	chapter		tree rules
3	do	would	Badger		about Toad	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	turn in a quote	present · perfect	the year			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Take Toad seriously in hand, with Rat and Mole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
3	seriously	seriously	ADV	_	1 Take	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 hand	case
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Rat	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 Rat	case
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Mole	cc
10	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Rat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	Toad		hand		with Rat and Mole; seriously property	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent toad=Value in hand=Location

Option 2

Give Toad a good talking-to with the others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Give	iobj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 talking	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 talking	amod
5	talking	talking	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 to	punct
7	to	to	PART	_	5 talking	fixed
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 others	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 others	det
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 talking	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	a good talking	Toad			with the others	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent toad=Recipient talking=Theme

Option 3

Scold Toad strongly, with Rat and Mole watching

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scold	scold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Scold	obj
3	strongly	strongly	ADV	_	1 Scold	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Rat	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 Rat	case
6	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Scold	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Mole	cc
8	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Rat	conj
9	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Scold	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scold	imperative	you not said here	Toad				with Rat and Mole; strongly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Theme
2	watch	gerund	you not said here						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Take Toad seriously in hand, with Rat and Mole, and make him give back every penny he has spent on motor-cars

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	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
3	seriously	seriously	ADV	_	1 Take	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 hand	case
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Rat	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 Rat	case
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Mole	cc
10	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Rat	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 make	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 make	cc
13	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 make	obj
15	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 make	xcomp
16	back	back	ADV	_	15 give	advmod
17	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 penny	det
18	penny	penny	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 give	obj
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 spent	nsubj
20	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 spent	aux
21	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 penny	acl:relcl
22	on	on	ADP	_	25 cars	case
23	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 cars	compound
24	-	-	PUNCT	_	23 motor	punct
25	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 spent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	Toad	hand	with Rat and Mole; seriously property	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent toad=Value in hand=Location
2	make	infinitive	you not said here	Toad			tree rules
3	give back	infinitive	Toad not said here	every penny			vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penny=Theme
4	spend	present · perfect	Toad	every penny not said here		on motor cars goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent penny=Asset on car=Goal

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