--- title: ★★★ «bottles were certainly flung, and from steamers» (chapter I) an… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, p… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ «bottles were certainly flung, and from steamers» (chapter I) and «roadhogs» (now). What do the Rat's two complaints share? 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What do the Rat's two complaints share? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, two complaints, Rat · **What happens:** fling, chapter, be, share, complain · **To what, where:** ★ This is test 15 · ★★★ 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ «bottles were certainly flung, and from steamers» (chapter I) and «roadhogs» (now). ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t15:1 # text = ★★★ «bottles were certainly flung, and from steamers» (chapter I) and «roadhogs» (now). 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 bottles bottle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 flung fling VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 steamers steamer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 chapter chapter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 15 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 « « PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 roadhogs roadhog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 » » PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 22 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fling** *in a quote* | past · passive | | ★ | | | | certainly *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **chapter** | | I | | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What do the Rat's two complaints share? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t15:2 # text = What do the Rat's two complaints share? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 complaints complaint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 share share VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **share** | present | the Rat's two complaints | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **complain** | | the Rat | | | | | | nom complaint «state intransitive»: poss=agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Careless people with fast machines who ruin the peace of the river and the roads ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t15:o1:1 # text = Careless people with fast machines who ruin the peace of the river and the roads 1 Careless careless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 fast fast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 machines machine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 ruin ruin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ruin** | present | Careless people with fast machines | the peace of the river and the roads | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Patient | | 2 | **pacify** | | | the river | | | | | nom peace «state transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Bad horses on the country road ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t15:o2:1 # text = Bad horses on the country road 1 Bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Rich gentlemen who ride about in steamers and motor-cars and waste the fishing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t15:o3:1 # text = Rich gentlemen who ride about in steamers and motor-cars and waste the fishing 1 Rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 gentlemen gentleman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ride ride VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 steamers steamer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 motor motor NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 waste waste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 fishing fishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | present | Rich gentlemen | | | steamers and motor cars | | about *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **waste** | infinitive | Rich gentlemen *not said here* | the fishing | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fishing=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Careless people with fast machines ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t15:o4:1 # text = Careless people with fast machines 1 Careless careless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 fast fast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 machines machine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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