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title: ★★★ The Otter «had to cuff his head once or twice». Count all the ti… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ The Otter «had to cuff his head once or twice». Count all the times he hits the rabbit in his story, if «once or twice» means at most two. Test 16 · ★★★ of lesson 39 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (the Otter comes through the snow, and the best home is underground)» of 
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# Test 16 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (t…

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★★★ The Otter «had to cuff his head once or twice». Count all the times he hits the rabbit in his story, if «once or twice» means at most two.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ · **What happens:** have, cuff, count, hit, mean · **To what, where:** head, rabbit, story, two, most

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This is test 16 · ★★★ of lesson 39 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (the Otter comes through the snow, and the best home is underground)» 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/39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes/#t16).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ The Otter «had to cuff his head once or twice».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t16:1
# text = ★★★ The Otter «had to cuff his head once or twice».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	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	Otter	Otter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	cuff	cuff	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	9	advmod	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | ★ ★ the Otter |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cuff** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | ★ ★ the Otter *not said here* | ★'s head |  |  |  | once *property* | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=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:* Count all the times he hits the rabbit in his story, if «once or twice» means at most two.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t16:2
# text = Count all the times he hits the rabbit in his story, if «once or twice» means at most two.
1	Count	count	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	19	nsubj	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hits	hit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	advmod	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
19	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	22	nmod	_	_
22	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | infinitive |  |  |  |  | time | once *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **hit** | present | ★ | the rabbit |  | ★'s story |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent rabbit=Theme in story=Destination |
| 3 | **mean** | present |  | two |  | most |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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More than ten times, with a cuff each time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t16:o1:1
# text = More than ten times, with a cuff each time
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	3	advmod	_	_
2	than	than	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cuff	cuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Maybe five or six times in total

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t16:o2:1
# text = Maybe five or six times in total
1	Maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Four or five

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t16:o3:1
# text = Four or five
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
```

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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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At most three

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t16:o4:1
# text = At most three
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	nmod	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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