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title: Ruby, bit delulu (believing something silly): «Toad sails, punts and… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby, bit delulu (believing something silly): «Toad sails, punts and house-boats every day, he loves all three, forever.» Put it right. Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 27 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank (the Otter, a glimpse of Badger, and Toad in his new boat)» of the books course
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# Test 4 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank…

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Ruby, bit delulu (believing something silly): «Toad sails, punts and house-boats every day, he loves all three, forever.» Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ruby, you · **What happens:** bite, believe, love, put · **To what, where:** delulu, something, three · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 27 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank (the Otter, a glimpse of Badger, and Toad in his new boat)» 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/27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby, bit delulu (believing something silly): «Toad sails, punts and house-boats every day, he loves all three, forever.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t4:1
# text = Ruby, bit delulu (believing something silly): «Toad sails, punts and house-boats every day, he loves all three, forever.»
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	delulu	delulu	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	obj	_	_
5	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	believing	believe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
8	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	sails	sail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	punts	punt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
20	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	det	_	_
21	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
25	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	26	det	_	_
26	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
28	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	24	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past | Ruby | delulu |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **believe** | gerund | Ruby *not said here* | something |  |  | day |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus |
| 3 | **love** *in a quote* | present | Ruby | all three |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer three=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t4:2
# text = Put it right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | delulu |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He does one at a time and gets bored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t4:o1:1
# text = He does one at a time and gets bored
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | He | one |  |  | time |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** | present | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He tries all three together every day and never gets bored of any of them at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t4:o2:1
# text = He tries all three together every day and never gets bored of any of them at all
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tries	try	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
5	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	bored	bore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nmod	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | present | He | all three |  |  | day | together *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent three=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **bore** | present · passive | He *not said here* |  |  | all |  | of any | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: at all=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He keeps every hobby for life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t4:o3:1
# text = He keeps every hobby for life
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	hobby	hobby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | He | every hobby |  |  |  | for life | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hobby=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He sells off every boat he owns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t4:o4:1
# text = He sells off every boat he owns
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell off** | present | He | every boat |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme |
| 2 | **own** | present | he | every boat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot boat=Theme |

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