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title: «Nor don't the ducks neither». What is odd about the Rat's words? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Nor don't the ducks neither». What is odd about the Rat's words? Test 2 · ★★ 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 pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 2 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road…

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«Nor don't the ducks neither». What is odd about the Rat's words?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Rat · **What happens:** do, be, word · **To what, where:** ducks

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Nor don't the ducks neither».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t2:1
# text = «Nor don't the ducks neither».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Nor	nor	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
3	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | the ducks |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duck=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:* What is odd about the Rat's words?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t2:2
# text = What is odd about the Rat's words?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about the Rat's words; odd *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **word** |  | the Rat |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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Two «no» words in a row — chatty, not school grammar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t2:o1:1
# text = Two «no» words in a row — chatty, not school grammar
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	row	row	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
10	chatty	chatty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	grammar	grammar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It uses a wrong verb form

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t2:o2:1
# text = It uses a wrong verb form
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	verb	verb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | It | a wrong verb form |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The Rat is using dialect, and the Mole would correct him strongly if he were writing properly

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t2:o3:1
# text = The Rat is using dialect, and the Mole would correct him strongly if he were writing properly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	dialect	dialect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	correct	correct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	strongly	strongly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
14	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	writing	write	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
18	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · progressive | the Rat | dialect |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dialect=Patient |
| 2 | **correct** *speech: disagree* | would | the Mole |  | Rat |  |  | strongly *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 3 | **write** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · progressive | Mole |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A word is missing here

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t2:o4:1
# text = A word is missing here
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	missing	miss	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
5	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | present · progressive | a word |  |  | here |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

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