--- title: What would a less kind friend have done after the boat went over? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: What would a less kind friend have done after the boat went over? Test 5 · ★★ 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, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank… What would a less kind friend have done after the boat went over? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kind friend, boat · **What happens:** do, go over This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t5:1 # text = What would a less kind friend have done after the boat went over? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux _ _ 8 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 after after SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 13 over over ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | would · perfect | a kind friend | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **go over** | past | the boat | | | | | over *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Shouted and sent the Mole home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t5:o1:1 # text = Shouted and sent the Mole home 1 Shouted shout VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | participle | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **send** | past | | the Mole | | | | home *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Shouted, sent the Mole home, and refused to speak to him for a week ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t5:o2:1 # text = Shouted, sent the Mole home, and refused to speak to him for a week 1 Shouted shout VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | participle | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **send** | past | | the Mole | | | | home *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Theme | | 3 | **refuse** | past | | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | him *= he* | | week | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Laughed at him and rowed off downstream ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t5:o3:1 # text = Laughed at him and rowed off downstream 1 Laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 rowed row VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 downstream downstream ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | | | | | | at him *= he* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **row off** | past | | | | | | downstream *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Scolded him and left him in the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t5:o4:1 # text = Scolded him and left him in the water 1 Scolded scold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scold** | past | | him *= he* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | past | | him *= he* | | the water | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in water=Location | **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. 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