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title: «I am very sorry indeed for my foolish and ungrateful conduct.» Why… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 7 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank…

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«I am very sorry indeed for my foolish and ungrateful conduct.» Why «ungrateful»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, my · **What happens:** be, conduct

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «I am very sorry indeed for my foolish and ungrateful conduct.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t7:1
# text = «I am very sorry indeed for my foolish and ungrateful conduct.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
9	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	ungrateful	ungrateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | for my foolish conduct; indeed, sorry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **conduct** *in a quote* |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=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:* Why «ungrateful»?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t7:2
# text = Why «ungrateful»?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	ungrateful	ungrateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Rat was kind all day, and the Mole grabbed his oars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t7:o1:1
# text = The Rat was kind all day, and the Mole grabbed his oars
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	oars	oar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Rat |  |  |  | day | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **grab** | past | the Mole | Mole's oars |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oar=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The Rat was kind all day, but the Mole never said thank you for the lunch or the lessons at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t7:o2:1
# text = The Rat was kind all day, but the Mole never said thank you for the lunch or the lessons at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	thank	thank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Rat |  |  | all | day | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Mole *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | the Mole |  | you |  |  | for the lunch or the lessons | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for lunch=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Rat was kind all day and taught him patiently, and the Mole grabbed his oars and then dropped the luncheon-basket in the river

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t7:o3:1
# text = The Rat was kind all day and taught him patiently, and the Mole grabbed his oars and then dropped the luncheon-basket in the river
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	taught	teach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	patiently	patiently	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	oars	oar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	20	advmod	_	_
20	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
22	luncheon	luncheon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Rat |  |  |  | day | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | the Rat *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  | patiently *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 3 | **grab** | past | the Mole | Mole's oars |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oar=Theme |
| 4 | **drop** | past | the Mole *not said here* | the luncheon basket |  | the river | then |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent basket=Theme in river=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He spent the picnic arguing with the Rat about rowing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t7:o4:1
# text = He spent the picnic arguing with the Rat about rowing
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spent	spend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	picnic	picnic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	arguing	argue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	rowing	rowing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | past | He | the picnic |  |  |  | with the Rat; about rowing | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picnic=Asset |
| 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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