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title: ★★★ The motor-car is a bee at the start and «a droning bee once more… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ The motor-car is a bee at the start and «a droning bee once more» at the end. Why does the writer do this? Test 14 · ★★ of lesson 31 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road (life on the road, and a motor-car)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Test 14 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road…

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★★★ The motor-car is a bee at the start and «a droning bee once more» at the end. Why does the writer do this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, writer · **What happens:** be, drone, do · **To what, where:** bee, start, this

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This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 31 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road (life on the road, and a motor-car)» 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/31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop/#t14).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ The motor-car is a bee at the start and «a droning bee once more» at the end.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t14:1
# text = ★★★ The motor-car is a bee at the start and «a droning bee once more» at the end.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	droning	drone	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	amod	_	_
18	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
19	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	20	advmod	_	_
20	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
22	at	at	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | ★ | a bee |  | the start and a droning bee | at the end |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drone** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: 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:* Why does the writer do this?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t14:2
# text = Why does the writer do this?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · do-support | the writer | this |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To show the car is loud but has no real effect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t14:o1:1
# text = To show the car is loud but has no real effect
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the car |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | present |  | no real effect |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It's far away at both ends, near only for a flash

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t14:o2:1
# text = It's far away at both ends, near only for a flash
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	ends	end	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	near	near	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	flash	flash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  | at both ends and a flash | away, far *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To make it sound fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t14:o3:1
# text = To make it sound fast
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	sound	sound	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
| 2 | **sound** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a bee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t14:o4:1
# text = It is a bee
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a bee |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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