Test 18 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer… ★★★ «But we don't want to teach 'em. We want to learn 'em.» Why is Badger's answer a joke?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we, answer, Badger · What happens: not want, teach, want, learn, be, answer · To what, where: 'em
This is test 18 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ «But we don't want to teach 'em.
dep dep punct cc nsubj aux advmod conj mark xcomp obj punct root ★ PROPN ★ X ★ X « PUNCT But CCONJ we PRON do AUX n't PART want VERB to PART teach VERB 'em PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ★ ★ PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 ★ ★ X Foreign=Yes 1 ★ dep 3 ★ ★ X Foreign=Yes 1 ★ dep 4 « « PUNCT _ 9 want punct 5 But but CCONJ _ 9 want cc 6 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 9 want nsubj 7 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 want aux 8 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 9 want advmod 9 want want VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 ★ conj 10 to to PART _ 11 teach mark 11 teach teach VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 want xcomp 12 'em they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 teach obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 1 ★ punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not want in a quote present · do-support we vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 2 teach speech: other not said to happen, in a quote to-infinitive we not said here 'em = they vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
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: We want to learn 'em.»
nsubj mark xcomp obj punct punct root We PRON want VERB to PART learn VERB 'em PRON . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 want nsubj 2 want want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 learn mark 4 learn learn VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 want xcomp 5 'em they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 learn obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 want punct 7 » » PUNCT _ 2 want punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 want present We vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 2 learn not said to happen to-infinitive We not said here 'em = they vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic
Sentence 3: Why is Badger's answer a joke?
cop nmod:poss case nsubj det nsubj punct root Why ADV is AUX Badger PROPN 's PART answer NOUN a DET joke NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Rel root root 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Why cop 3 Badger Badger PROPN Number=Sing 5 answer nmod:poss 4 's 's PART _ 3 Badger case 5 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 1 Why nsubj 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 joke det 7 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing 1 Why nsubj 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 Why punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Badger's answer why property tree rules 2 answer Badger nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer He pretends the two words mean different things
nsubj det nummod nsubj ccomp amod obj root He PRON pretends VERB the DET two NUM words NOUN mean VERB different ADJ things NOUN 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 pretends nsubj 2 pretends pretend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 words det 4 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 words nummod 5 words word NOUN Number=Plur 6 mean nsubj 6 mean mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 pretends ccomp 7 different different ADJ Degree=Pos 8 things amod 8 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 6 mean obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pretend present He tree rules 2 mean present the two words different things vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice He pretends the two words mean different things, and then he laughs at Toad for believing him
The tree, 17 words nsubj det nummod nsubj ccomp amod obj punct cc advmod nsubj conj case obl mark advcl obj root He PRON pretends VERB the DET two NUM words NOUN mean VERB different ADJ things NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ then ADV he PRON laughs VERB at ADP Toad PROPN for SCONJ believing VERB him PRON 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 pretends nsubj 2 pretends pretend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 words det 4 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 words nummod 5 words word NOUN Number=Plur 6 mean nsubj 6 mean mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 pretends ccomp 7 different different ADJ Degree=Pos 8 things amod 8 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 6 mean obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 13 laughs punct 10 and and CCONJ _ 13 laughs cc 11 then then ADV PronType=Dem 13 laughs advmod 12 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 laughs nsubj 13 laughs laugh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 pretends conj 14 at at ADP _ 15 Toad case 15 Toad Toad PROPN Number=Sing 13 laughs obl 16 for for SCONJ _ 17 believing mark 17 believing believe VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 13 laughs advcl 18 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 believing obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pretend present He tree rules 2 mean present the two words different things vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic 3 laugh present he then at Toad vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 believe gerund he not said here Toad vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
Option 3 He is pretending he did not hear right
nsubj aux nsubj aux advmod ccomp advmod root He PRON is AUX pretending VERB he PRON did AUX not PART hear VERB right ADV 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 3 pretending nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 pretending aux 3 pretending pretend VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 hear nsubj 5 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 hear aux 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 7 hear advmod 7 hear hear VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 pretending ccomp 8 right right ADV _ 7 hear advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pretend present · progressive He tree rules 2 not hear past · do-support he right property vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
Option 4 Badger is simply being silly today
nsubj cop advmod cop obl:unmarked root Badger PROPN is AUX simply ADV being AUX silly ADJ today NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Badger Badger PROPN Number=Sing 5 silly nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 silly cop 3 simply simply ADV _ 5 silly advmod 4 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 silly cop 5 silly silly ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 today today NOUN Number=Sing 5 silly obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Badger today silly, simply property tree rules
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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