Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer…

Mason, «chur» (thanks): «so Badger stayed mad at Toad all night?» Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mason, you · What happens: stay, put · To what, where: chur

This is test 9 · ★★★ 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: Mason, «chur» (thanks): «so Badger stayed mad at Toad all night?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mason	mason	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stayed	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 chur	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 chur	punct
4	chur	chur	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mason	conj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 chur	punct
6	(	(	PUNCT	_	7 thanks	punct
7	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chur	appos
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	7 thanks	punct
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Mason	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 stayed	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 stayed	advmod
12	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 stayed	nsubj
13	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 stayed	xcomp
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 Toad	case
16	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 mad	obl
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 night	det
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stayed	obl:unmarked
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 stayed	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 stayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay in a quote	past	Mason and chur				night	mad property	vn exist-47.1 «NP 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.

Sentence 2: Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	chur				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He shouted at Toad and sent him out of the room in a rage

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 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 Toad	case
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sent	cc
6	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shouted	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sent	obj
8	out	out	ADP	_	11 room	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 room	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 room	det
11	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 rage	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 rage	det
14	rage	rage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	He					at Toad	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	send	past	He not said here	Toad		the room		in a rage	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in rage=Destination

Option 2

He sent Toad to bed without any supper at all

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 bed	case
5	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 supper	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 supper	det
8	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	He	Toad		all		to bed; without any supper	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent toad=Theme to bed=Destination

Option 3

He spoke kindly at once and let Toad sleep in the spare bed

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 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	2 spoke	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 spoke	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 let	cc
7	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 spoke	conj
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 let	obj
9	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 let	xcomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 bed	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bed	det
12	spare	spare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bed	amod
13	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	He			kindly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	let	infinitive	He not said here	Toad			tree rules
3	sleep	infinitive	Toad not said here		the spare bed		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

After the scolding he spoke more kindly: let bygones be bygones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 scolding	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 scolding	det
3	scolding	scolding	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spoke	obl
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 spoke	nsubj
5	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 kindly	advmod
7	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	5 spoke	advmod
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 let	punct
9	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 spoke	ccomp
10	bygones	bygone	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 bygones	nsubj
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 bygones	cop
12	bygones	bygone	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	he		after the scolding	kindly property	tree rules
2	let	infinitive					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
3	is a	infinitive	bygones	bygones			tree rules

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