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title: Why is «Onion-sauce!» a cheeky thing to shout at rabbits? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is «Onion-sauce!» a cheeky thing to shout at rabbits? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 25 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank (the Mole leaves his spring-cleaning and meets the Rat)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 2 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank…

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Why is «Onion-sauce!» a cheeky thing to shout at rabbits?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, shout · **To what, where:** Onion sauce · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 25 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank (the Mole leaves his spring-cleaning and meets the Rat)» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t2:1
# text = Why is «Onion-sauce!» a cheeky thing to shout at rabbits?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Onion	onion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	sauce	sauce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	shout	shout	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | Onion sauce and a cheeky thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | at rabbits | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Onions make the Mole look silly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t2:o1:1
# text = Onions make the Mole look silly
1	Onions	onion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Onions | the Mole |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | infinitive | the Mole *not said here* |  |  |  |  | silly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rabbits hate onions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t2:o2:1
# text = Rabbits hate onions
1	Rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	onions	onion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | Rabbits | onions |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer onion=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It was eaten with roast rabbit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t2:o3:1
# text = It was eaten with roast rabbit
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	roast	roast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | with roast rabbit | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Onions are rude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t2:o4:1
# text = Onions are rude
1	Onions	onion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Onions |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |

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**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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