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# Test 17 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank…

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★★★ Put in order: (a) the Otter vanishes; (b) the boat goes over; (c) the Rat says «Not yet»; (d) Badger says «H'm! Company».

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ ★, Otter, boat, Rat, d · **What happens:** put, vanish, go over, say · **To what, where:** order · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★★ of lesson 28 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank (the Mole grabs the oars, the boat goes over, and a friendship begins)» 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/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/#t17).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Put in order: (a) the Otter vanishes; (b) the boat goes over; (c) the Rat says «Not yet»; (d) Badger says «H'm!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t17:1
# text = ★★★ Put in order: (a) the Otter vanishes; (b) the boat goes over; (c) the Rat says «Not yet»; (d) Badger says «H'm!
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	Put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	9	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Otter	Otter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	vanishes	vanish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
15	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	b	b	NUM	LS	_	20	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	16	punct	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
21	over	over	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
23	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	c	c	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	24	punct	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
28	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	conj	_	_
29	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	31	advmod	_	_
31	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	28	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
34	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	d	D	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	35	punct	_	_
37	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	appos	_	_
38	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	conj	_	_
39	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	H	h	INTJ	UH	_	41	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | infinitive | ★ ★ |  |  | order |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in order=Destination |
| 2 | **vanish** | present | a Otter |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **go over** | present | the boat |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Rat |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | d |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Company».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t17:2
# text = Company».
1	Company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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d, a, c, b

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t17:o1:1
# text = d, a, c, b
1	d	D	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	c	c	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	b	B	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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d, c

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t17:o2:1
# text = d, c
1	d	D	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	c	c	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a, b

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t17:o3:1
# text = a, b
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	b	B	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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d, c, a, b, and then the Mole's apology

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t17:o4:1
# text = d, c, a, b, and then the Mole's apology
1	d	D	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	c	c	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	b	B	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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