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title: The writer says the car is «immense, breath-snatching, passionate».… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: The writer says the car is «immense, breath-snatching, passionate». Does the writer describe it like a machine or like a wild animal? Test 7 · ★★ 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
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# Test 7 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road…

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The writer says the car is «immense, breath-snatching, passionate». Does the writer describe it like a machine or like a wild animal?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** writer, car · **What happens:** say, be, snatch, passionate, describe · **To what, where:** car · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The writer says the car is «immense, breath-snatching, passionate».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t7:1
# text = The writer says the car is «immense, breath-snatching, passionate».
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	immense	immense	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	snatching	snatch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	passionate	passionate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the writer |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the car |  |  |  |  | immense *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **snatch** *in a quote* | gerund | the car *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **passionate** *in a quote* | infinitive | the car *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Does the writer describe it like a machine or like a wild animal?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t7:2
# text = Does the writer describe it like a machine or like a wild animal?
1	Does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	describe	describe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present · do-support | the writer | car |  |  |  | like a machine or a wild animal | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Like a monstrous creature that breathes fire and rushes wildly through the valley

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t7:o1:1
# text = Like a monstrous creature that breathes fire and rushes wildly through the valley
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	monstrous	monstrous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	breathes	breathe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	rushes	rush	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	wildly	wildly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	through	through	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breathe** | present | a monstrous creature | fire |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme |
| 2 | **rush** | present | a monstrous creature *not said here* |  |  | the valley |  | wildly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through valley=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Like a huge, beautiful wild horse galloping across the open plains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t7:o2:1
# text = Like a huge, beautiful wild horse galloping across the open plains
1	Like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
3	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	galloping	gallop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	across	across	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	plains	plain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gallop** | gerund | a huge beautiful wild horse *not said here* |  |  | the open plains |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across plain=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Like a loud train

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t7:o3:1
# text = Like a loud train
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Like a wild animal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t7:o4:1
# text = Like a wild animal
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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