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title: ★★★ How many times do the words «Up tails all!» (or «Uptails all!»)… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ How many times do the words «Up tails all!» (or «Uptails all!») appear in the whole song? Test 16 · ★★ of lesson 29 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road (the Ducks' Ditty, and a visit to Toad Hall)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Test 16 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road…

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★★★ How many times do the words «Up tails all!» (or «Uptails all!») appear in the whole song?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, all · **What happens:** do, appear · **To what, where:** words, whole song

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This is test 16 · ★★ of lesson 29 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road (the Ducks' Ditty, and a visit to Toad Hall)» 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/29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall/#t16).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ How many times do the words «Up tails all!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t16:1
# text = ★★★ How many times do the words «Up tails all!»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Up	up	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	all	all	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | ★ | the words  tails |  |  | time |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Eventuality |

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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:* (or «Uptails all!») appear in the whole song?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t16:2
# text = (or «Uptails all!») appear in the whole song?
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Uptails	uptails	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
9	appear	appear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | present | all |  |  | the whole song |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in song=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Four times in total, once in each verse of the whole song from start to finish

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t16:o1:1
# text = Four times in total, once in each verse of the whole song from start to finish
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	9	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	verse	verse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **finish** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **verse** |  |  | the whole song from start |  |  |  |  | nom verse «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Twice, near the start and in the middle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t16:o2:1
# text = Twice, near the start and in the middle
1	Twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	near	near	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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2: near the start and as the very last line

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t16:o3:1
# text = 2: near the start and as the very last line
1	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	near	near	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Once, near the very start

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t16:o4:1
# text = Once, near the very start
1	Once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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

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