Test 14 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer…

Mia's mardy (sulky) little bro: «Toad's useless, why even bring him?» What is the best answer from the story?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Toad, best answer · What happens: be, bring · To what, where: Toad

This is test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 68 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (the secret passage, the birthday banquet and «learn 'em»)» 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: Mia's mardy (sulky) little bro: «Toad's useless, why even bring him?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 bro	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Mia	case
3	mardy	mardy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bro	amod
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 sulky	punct
5	sulky	sulky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bro	amod
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 sulky	punct
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bro	amod
8	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 useless	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 useless	punct
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 useless	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 useless	cop
13	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bro	parataxis
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 bring	punct
15	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	17 bring	advmod
16	even	even	ADV	_	17 bring	advmod
17	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 useless	parataxis
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 bring	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 bring	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 useless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	Toad					useless property	tree rules
2	bring in a quote	infinitive			Toad				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination

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 is the best answer from the story?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 story	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 story	det
8	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 answer	nmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best answer from the story						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It is his house, and Badger knows how to keep him in order, so Toad is needed to lead the friends through the passage safely to the pantry

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 house	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 house	cop
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 house	nmod:poss
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 knows	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 knows	cc
7	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 knows	nsubj
8	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 house	acl:relcl
9	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	11 keep	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 keep	mark
11	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 knows	ccomp
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 keep	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 order	case
14	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 keep	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 needed	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	19 needed	advmod
17	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 needed	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 needed	aux:pass
19	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 house	acl
20	to	to	PART	_	21 lead	mark
21	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 needed	xcomp
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 friends	det
23	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 lead	obj
24	through	through	ADP	_	26 passage	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 passage	det
26	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 lead	obl
27	safely	safely	ADV	_	21 lead	advmod
28	to	to	ADP	_	30 pantry	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 pantry	det
30	pantry	pantry	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 lead	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	his house			tree rules
2	know	present	Badger	his house not said here			tree rules
3	keep	to-infinitive		Badger	order		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in order=Location
4	need	present · passive		Toad			tree rules
5	lead not said to happen	to-infinitive	Toad not said here	the friends	the passage	to the pantry; safely property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent friend=Theme through passage=Destination

Option 2

Toad is a bit silly but he has a right to be in the fight, and Badger keeps him in order during the banquet at all times

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 silly	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 silly	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 silly	obl:unmarked
5	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 has	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 has	nsubj
8	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 silly	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 right	det
10	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 has	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	15 fight	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 fight	cop
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 fight	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fight	det
15	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 right	acl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 keeps	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 keeps	cc
18	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 keeps	nsubj
19	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 silly	conj
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 keeps	obj
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 order	case
22	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 keeps	obl
23	during	during	ADP	_	25 banquet	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 banquet	det
25	banquet	banquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 keeps	obl
26	at	at	ADP	_	28 times	case
27	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	28 times	det
28	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Toad				a bit obl:unmarked; silly property	tree rules
2	have	present	Toad	a right				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient
3	is	to-infinitive	Toad not said here	a right not said here	the fight			tree rules
4	keep	present	Badger	Toad	order	during the banquet; time		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in order=Location

Option 3

It is Toad's house, and Badger will keep him steady

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 house	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 house	cop
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 house	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Toad	case
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 keep	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 keep	cc
8	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 keep	nsubj
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 keep	aux
10	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 house	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 keep	obj
12	steady	steady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	Toad's house					tree rules
2	keep	future	Badger	Toad				steady property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is his house — and Badger knows how to keep him in order

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 house	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 house	cop
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 house	nmod:poss
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	8 knows	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 knows	cc
7	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 knows	nsubj
8	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 house	acl:relcl
9	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	11 keep	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 keep	mark
11	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 knows	ccomp
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 keep	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 order	case
14	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	It	his house		tree rules
2	know	present	Badger	his house not said here		tree rules
3	keep	to-infinitive		Badger	order	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in order=Location

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