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# Test 10 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 4: The Open Road…

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Looking back: at the start of the trip, Toad said carts were «the real life». What does he call carts now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Toad, carts · **What happens:** look back, say, be, start, call · **To what, where:** real life, trip, carts · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 32 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 4: The Open Road (the wreck of the cart, and Toad's new craze)» 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/32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: at the start of the trip, Toad said carts were «the real life».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t10:1
# text = Looking back: at the start of the trip, Toad said carts were «the real life».
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the start of the trip | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at start=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | carts | the real life |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **start** |  |  | the trip |  |  |  |  | nom start «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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 he call carts now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t10:2
# text = What does he call carts now?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · do-support | Toad | carts |  |  | now |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme cart=Result |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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«Ordinary carts for farmers»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t10:o1:1
# text = «Ordinary carts for farmers»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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«The most dreadful little carts on the whole wide road»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t10:o2:1
# text = «The most dreadful little carts on the whole wide road»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	dreadful	dreadful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«Horrid, dusty, slow carts that no gentleman would ever drive»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t10:o3:1
# text = «Horrid, dusty, slow carts that no gentleman would ever drive»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Horrid	horrid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	dusty	dusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obj	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	13	advmod	_	_
13	drive	drive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** *in a quote* | would | no gentleman | that |  |  | ever |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |

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

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«Horrid little carts—common carts»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t10:o4:1
# text = «Horrid little carts—common carts»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Horrid	horrid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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