Test 7 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer…

Why does Badger mention Toad's father?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Badger · What happens: mention · To what, where: father

This is test 7 · ★★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 mention	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mention	aux
3	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 mention	nsubj
4	mention	mention	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 father	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Toad	case
7	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mention	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mention	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mention speech: other	present · do-support	Badger	Toad's father					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent father=Topic

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

His father was Badger's old friend, and Toad has let the family name down, which Badger will never forget

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 friend	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 friend	cop
4	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 friend	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Badger	case
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 friend	amod
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 let	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 let	cc
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 let	nsubj:pass
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 let	aux
12	let	let	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 friend	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 name	det
14	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 name	compound
15	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 let	obj
16	down	down	ADV	_	12 let	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 forget	punct
18	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 forget	obj
19	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 forget	nsubj
20	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 forget	aux
21	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	22 forget	advmod
22	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 friend	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	His father	Badger's old friend		tree rules
2	let	present · perfect · passive		Toad	down property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient name=Theme
3	not forget	future	Badger	Badger's old friend		tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

His father was Badger's old friend, and Toad has let the family name down

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 friend	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 friend	cop
4	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 friend	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Badger	case
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 friend	amod
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 let	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 let	cc
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 let	nsubj:pass
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 let	aux
12	let	let	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 friend	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 name	det
14	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 name	compound
15	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 let	obj
16	down	down	ADV	_	12 let	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	His father	Badger's old friend					tree rules
2	let	present · perfect · passive		Toad				down property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient name=Theme

Option 3

He wanted to remind Toad of the family's proud past and fine manners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 remind	mark
4	remind	remind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 remind	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	14 manners	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 family	det
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 manners	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 family	case
10	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 manners	amod
11	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 manners	amod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 fine	cc
13	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 past	conj
14	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 remind	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	remind speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here		Toad			of the family's proud past manners	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent toad=Recipient of manners=Topic

Option 4

His father was Badger's old friend, and Toad has let the family name down badly, and everyone at the river knows it

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 friend	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 friend	cop
4	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 friend	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Badger	case
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 friend	amod
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 let	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 let	cc
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 let	nsubj:pass
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 let	aux
12	let	let	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 friend	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 name	det
14	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 name	compound
15	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 let	obj
16	down	down	ADV	_	17 badly	advmod
17	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 let	advmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 knows	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 knows	cc
20	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	24 knows	nsubj
21	at	at	ADP	_	23 river	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 river	det
23	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 everyone	nmod
24	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 friend	conj
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 knows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	His father	Badger's old friend		tree rules
2	let	present · perfect · passive		Toad	badly property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient name=Theme
3	know	present	everyone	name		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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