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

Noah, hangry (cross because hungry) himself: «Badger was rude to Toad, he just turned his back.» What did the Rat explain?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Badger, Noah, Rat · What happens: be, turn, explain · To what, where: Toad, back

This is test 3 · ★★★ 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

Sentence 1: Noah, hangry (cross because hungry) himself: «Badger was rude to Toad, he just turned his back.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 turned	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 cross	punct
3	hangry	hangry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cross	amod
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 cross	punct
5	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Noah	appos
6	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	7 hungry	case
7	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cross	nmod
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	7 hungry	punct
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 hungry	obl
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 rude	punct
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 rude	punct
12	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 rude	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 rude	cop
14	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cross	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 Toad	case
16	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 rude	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 turned	punct
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 turned	nsubj
19	just	just	ADV	_	20 turned	advmod
20	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 back	nmod:poss
22	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 turned	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 turned	punct
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 turned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	Badger		Toad			rude property	tree rules
2	turn in a quote	past	Noah	Noah's back					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent back=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: What did the Rat explain?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 explain	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 explain	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 explain	nsubj
5	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	past · do-support	the Rat						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

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

Badger is always gloomy when hungry and will be a different animal after eating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gloomy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gloomy	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 gloomy	advmod
4	gloomy	gloomy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	6 hungry	mark
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gloomy	advcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 animal	cc
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 animal	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 animal	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 animal	det
11	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 animal	amod
12	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gloomy	conj
13	after	after	SCONJ	_	14 eating	mark
14	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 animal	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Badger		always, gloomy property	tree rules
2	is a	future	Badger not said here	a different animal		tree rules
3	eat	gerund	Badger not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Badger is always gloomy when hungry, but he means well and will be a different animal after a good supper

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gloomy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gloomy	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 gloomy	advmod
4	gloomy	gloomy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	6 hungry	mark
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gloomy	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 means	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 means	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 means	nsubj
10	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gloomy	parataxis
11	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 means	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 animal	cc
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 animal	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 animal	cop
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 animal	det
16	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 animal	amod
17	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gloomy	conj
18	after	after	ADP	_	21 supper	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 supper	det
20	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 supper	amod
21	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 animal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Badger			always, gloomy property	tree rules
2	mean	present	Badger			well property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	future	Badger not said here	a different animal	after a good supper		tree rules

Option 3

Badger was tired from the long walk and needs a good sleep first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 tired	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tired	cop
3	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 walk	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 walk	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 walk	amod
7	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tired	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 needs	cc
9	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tired	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 sleep	det
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sleep	amod
12	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 needs	obj
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 needs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Badger			the long walk		tired property	tree rules
2	need	present	Badger not said here	a good sleep				first property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sleep=Theme

Option 4

Badger is always gloomy when hungry, and has been like that since they were schoolboys together at the Hall

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gloomy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gloomy	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 gloomy	advmod
4	gloomy	gloomy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	6 hungry	mark
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gloomy	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 that	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 that	cc
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 that	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 that	cop
11	like	like	ADP	_	12 that	case
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 gloomy	obl
13	since	since	ADP	_	16 schoolboys	case
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 schoolboys	nsubj
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 schoolboys	cop
16	schoolboys	schoolboy	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 that	nmod
17	together	together	ADV	_	16 schoolboys	advmod
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 Hall	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Hall	det
20	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 schoolboys	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Badger			always, gloomy property	tree rules
2	is	present · perfect				like that	tree rules
3	is	past	they	the Hall	since schoolboys	together property	tree rules

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