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title: ★★★ «disaster momentous indeed to their expedition, but simply overw… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ «disaster momentous indeed to their expedition, but simply overwhelming in its effect on the after-career of Toad». What does the writer hint? Test 16 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 16 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road…

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★★★ «disaster momentous indeed to their expedition, but simply overwhelming in its effect on the after-career of Toad». What does the writer hint?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** disaster · **What happens:** effect, do · **To what, where:** career

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This is test 16 · ★★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ «disaster momentous indeed to their expedition, but simply overwhelming in its effect on the after-career of Toad».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t16:1
# text = ★★★ «disaster momentous indeed to their expedition, but simply overwhelming in its effect on the after-career of Toad».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	disaster	disaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	momentous	momentous	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	nsubj	_	_
7	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	expedition	expedition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	overwhelming	overwhelming	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	after	after	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	career	career	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **effect** *in a quote* |  | disaster |  |  | the career of Toad |  |  | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent on=place |

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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 does the writer hint?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t16:2
# text = What does the writer hint?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	hint	hint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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This changes the rest of Toad's life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t16:o1:1
# text = This changes the rest of Toad's life
1	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | This | the rest of Toad's life |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was just a small accident for Toad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t16:o2:1
# text = It was just a small accident for Toad
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a small accident |  |  |  | for Toad | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Toad will go on his trip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t16:o3:1
# text = Toad will go on his trip
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | future | Toad |  |  | Toad's trip |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on trip=Location |
| 2 | **trip** |  | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | nom trip «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The car is very fast and loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t16:o4:1
# text = The car is very fast and loud
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the car |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the car *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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