Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer…

Looking back: in chapter IV, what did Badger say about the old underground city under the Wild Wood?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Badger · What happens: look back, say · To what, where: chapter · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 chapter	csubj
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	IV	IV	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 say	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 say	obj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 say	aux
10	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 say	nsubj
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 chapter	parataxis
12	about	about	ADP	_	16 city	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 city	det
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 city	amod
15	underground	underground	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 city	amod
16	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 say	obl
17	under	under	ADP	_	20 Wood	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Wood	det
19	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	20 Wood	flat
20	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 city	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past · do-support	Badger	chapter				about the old underground city under the Wild Wood	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=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 · ← Mova's choice

Weasels dug it, then the toads left it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dug	nsubj
2	dug	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dug	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 left	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 left	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 toads	det
7	toads	toad	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 left	nsubj
8	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dug	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 left	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	past	Weasels	it					vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	leave	past	the toads	it			then		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

People came and built and went; the badgers stayed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 built	cc
4	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	conj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 went	cc
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 built	conj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 stayed	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 badgers	det
9	badgers	badger	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 stayed	nsubj
10	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	come	past	People	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	build	past	People not said here	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	go	past	People not said here	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	stay	past	the badgers	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It was built by the weasels long ago

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	3 built	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 built	aux:pass
3	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 weasels	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 weasels	det
6	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 built	obl
7	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 ago	advmod
8	ago	ago	ADV	_	3 built	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past · passive	the weasels	It				ago property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product

Option 4

Many animals came, but none ever stayed long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 animals	amod
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stayed	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 stayed	cc
6	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	8 stayed	nsubj
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 stayed	advmod
8	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	conj
9	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 stayed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Many animals						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stay	past	none				ever	long property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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