Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return o…

Nan, tara-a-bit (see you later): «so Badger's scary to kids, then.» What does the book say?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: tara, book · What happens: bit, see, say · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 73 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return of Ulysses (Toad's last little song, an altered Toad, and the end of the book)» 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: Nan, tara-a-bit (see you later): «so Badger's scary to kids, then.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bit	punct
3	tara	tara	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bit	nsubj
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 bit	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bit	det
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 a	punct
7	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nan	appos
8	(	(	PUNCT	_	9 see	punct
9	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 bit	parataxis
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 see	obj
11	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 see	advmod
12	)	)	PUNCT	_	9 see	punct
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	18 scary	punct
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 scary	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	18 scary	advmod
16	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 scary	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Badger	case
18	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Nan	parataxis
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 kids	case
20	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 scary	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 then	punct
22	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 scary	advmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Nan	punct
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Nan	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bit		tara						tree rules
2	see	infinitive		you				late property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

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 does the book say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 say	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 book	det
4	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	the book						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

No: he hides from children in the Wood, though he never harmed one

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 :	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 hides	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hides	nsubj
4	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 children	case
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hides	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 Wood	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Wood	det
9	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 children	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 harmed	punct
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	14 harmed	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 harmed	nsubj
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 harmed	advmod
14	harmed	harm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hides	conj
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 harmed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	he					from children in the Wood	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from child=Beneficiary
2	not harm	past	he	one					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus one=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No: he is fond of children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 fond	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 fond	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fond	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fond	cop
5	fond	fond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 children	case
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fond	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					of children; fond property	tree rules

Option 3

No, he is scared of them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 scared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 scared	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 scared	cop
5	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 scared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					of them = they; scared property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes: the mother-weasels used his name to frighten them, though he is fond of children

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 used	discourse
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 used	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 weasels	det
4	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 weasels	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 mother	punct
6	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 used	nsubj
7	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 name	nmod:poss
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 used	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 frighten	mark
11	frighten	frighten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 used	advcl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 frighten	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 fond	punct
14	though	though	SCONJ	_	17 fond	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 fond	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 fond	cop
17	fond	fond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 used	conj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 children	case
19	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 fond	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	past	the mother weasels	his name		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient
2	frighten	to-infinitive	the mother weasels not said here	weasels = weasel		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer
3	is	present	he		of children; fond property	tree rules
4	name		his = he			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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