Test 7 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer…

Callum, canny (clever) bairn: «why are the stoats moaning about the weasels?» Best answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stoats · What happens: be, moan · To what, where: stoats

This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 69 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (Mole the washerwoman and the badgers that never were)» 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: Callum, canny (clever) bairn: «why are the stoats moaning about the weasels?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Callum	Callum	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 bairn	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Callum	punct
3	canny	canny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bairn	amod
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 clever	punct
5	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bairn	amod
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 clever	punct
7	bairn	bairn	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 stoats	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 stoats	punct
10	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 stoats	advmod
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 stoats	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stoats	det
13	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bairn	nmod
14	moaning	moan	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 stoats	acl
15	about	about	ADP	_	17 weasels	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 weasels	det
17	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 moaning	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 bairn	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 bairn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present		the stoats					tree rules
2	moan in a quote	gerund	the stoats not said here					about the weasels	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about weasel=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.

Sentence 2: Best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 answer	amod
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 answer	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

Because the weasels were given the warm kitchen and the stoats were left outside in the rain all night long

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 given	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 weasels	det
3	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 given	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 given	aux:pass
5	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kitchen	det
7	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 kitchen	amod
8	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 left	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stoats	det
11	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 left	nsubj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 left	aux:pass
13	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 given	conj
14	outside	outside	ADV	_	13 left	advmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 rain	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 rain	det
17	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 left	obl
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 night	det
19	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obl:unmarked
20	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 given	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		the weasels			night	long property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient kitchen=Theme
2	leave	past · passive		the stoats		the rain		outside property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in rain=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The weasels are inside eating the feast while the stoats stand outside guarding in the cold

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 weasels	det
2	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 eating	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 eating	aux
4	inside	inside	ADP	_	5 eating	mark
5	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 feast	det
7	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eating	obj
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 stand	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stoats	det
10	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 stand	nsubj
11	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 eating	advcl
12	outside	outside	ADV	_	11 stand	advmod
13	guarding	guard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 stand	advcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 cold	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cold	det
16	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 guarding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	eat	present · progressive	the weasels	the feast			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Patient
2	stand	present	the stoats			outside property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	guard	gerund	the stoats not said here		the cold		vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The weasels get the party, the stoats the cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 weasels	det
2	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	nsubj
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 party	det
5	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stoats	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stoats	det
8	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cold	det
10	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the weasels	the party				the stoats obl	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent party=Beneficiary cold=Theme

Option 4

The weasels feast while the stoats freeze

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 weasels	det
2	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 feast	nsubj
3	feast	feast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 freeze	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stoats	det
6	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 freeze	nsubj
7	freeze	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 feast	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feast	present	the weasels						vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	freeze	present	the stoats						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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