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title: ★★★ The Rat says the coach-house holds the «other six». The seventh… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ The Rat says the coach-house holds the «other six». The seventh smash was last week. How many cars has Toad had so far, if every car was smashed once? Test 17 · ★★★ of lesson 38 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (bad news of Toad, a winter promise, and two lost hedgehogs)»
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# Test 17 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (b…

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★★★ The Rat says the coach-house holds the «other six». The seventh smash was last week. How many cars has Toad had so far, if every car was smashed once?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, coach house, seventh smash, many cars, Toad · **What happens:** say, hold, be, have, smash · **To what, where:** other six, last week, car · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★★★ of lesson 38 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (bad news of Toad, a winter promise, and two lost hedgehogs)» 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/38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs/#t17).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ The Rat says the coach-house holds the «other six».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t17:1
# text = ★★★ The Rat says the coach-house holds the «other six».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ ★ the Rat |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hold** | present | the coach house | the other six |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent six=Theme |

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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:* The seventh smash was last week.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t17:2
# text = The seventh smash was last week.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	seventh	seventh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	smash	smash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the seventh smash | last week |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* How many cars has Toad had so far, if every car was smashed once?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t17:3
# text = How many cars has Toad had so far, if every car was smashed once?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	smashed	smash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
15	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | many cars |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past | Toad |  |  |  |  | far *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **smash** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive |  | every car |  |  |  | once *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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7

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t17:o1:1
# text = 7
1	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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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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Seven cars in all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t17:o2:1
# text = Seven cars in all
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Eight, counting the caravan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t17:o3:1
# text = Eight, counting the caravan
1	Eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	counting	count	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	caravan	caravan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | gerund | Eight | the caravan |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caravan=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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0

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t17:o4:1
# text = 0
1	0	0	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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