Test 8 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return o…

Kai, wicked (great) timing: «why did Badger wait for the song to start?» Best answer?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Badger · What happens: wait, start

This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 70 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return of Ulysses (dressing for battle, the dark passage and «Good Toad, modest Toad»)» 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: Kai, wicked (great) timing: «why did Badger wait for the song to start?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 timing	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 wicked	punct
3	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 timing	amod
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 great	punct
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 timing	amod
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 great	punct
7	timing	timing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 timing	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 wait	punct
10	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	13 wait	advmod
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 wait	aux
12	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 wait	nsubj
13	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 timing	parataxis
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 song	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 song	det
16	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wait	obl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 start	mark
18	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 wait	advcl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 wait	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait in a quote	past · do-support	Badger					for the song	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	start in a quote	to-infinitive	Badger not said here						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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

He wanted the weasels to finish their drinks and go home before he went in

The tree, 15 words

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 weasels	det
4	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wanted	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 finish	mark
6	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 drinks	nmod:poss
8	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 finish	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 go	cc
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 finish	conj
11	home	home	ADV	_	10 go	advmod
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 went	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 went	nsubj
14	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 go	advcl
15	in	in	ADV	_	14 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	past	He	the weasels		tree rules
2	finish not said to happen	to-infinitive	the weasels not said here	weasels's drinks		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality drink=Eventuality
3	go	infinitive	the weasels not said here		home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	go in	past	he			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Because the weasels were lying in wait and wanted an easy target

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 lying	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 weasels	det
3	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lying	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lying	aux
5	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 wait	case
7	wait	wait	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lying	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wanted	cc
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lying	conj
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 target	det
11	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 target	amod
12	target	target	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past · progressive	the weasels	a easy target		wait			vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location target=Theme
2	want	past	the weasels not said here						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The weasels were busy and least ready

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	4 busy	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 busy	cop
4	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ready	cc
6	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 ready	advmod
7	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 busy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the weasels					busy property	tree rules
2	be		the weasels not said here						tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Because the song had to be sung before the attack could start properly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 had	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 song	det
3	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 start	aux
5	to	to	PART	_	7 sung	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 sung	aux:pass
7	sung	sing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 had	xcomp
8	before	before	ADP	_	10 attack	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 attack	det
10	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sung	obl
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 start	aux
12	start	start	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	properly	properly	ADV	_	12 start	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	to-infinitive · passive				the attack			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: before attack=Location
2	start	could · past						properly property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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