--- title: ★★★ «In the stillness, every now and then masses of snow slid off th… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ «In the stillness, every now and then masses of snow slid off the branches.» Which word in this lesson's story sounds just like what it names? Test 17 · ★★★ 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)» --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes/t17/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes/) / t17 # Test 17 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (t… ★★★ «In the stillness, every now and then masses of snow slid off the branches.» Which word in this lesson's story sounds just like what it names? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** masses, word · **What happens:** slide off, sound, name · **To what, where:** branches This is test 17 · ★★★ 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/#t17). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ «In the stillness, every now and then masses of snow slid off the branches.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t17:1 # text = ★★★ «In the stillness, every now and then masses of snow slid off the branches.» 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 In in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stillness stillness NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 10 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 13 masses mass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 slid slide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 17 off off ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slide off** *in a quote* | participle | every masses of snow *not said here* | the branches | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Agent | 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:* Which word in this lesson's story sounds just like what it names? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t17:2 # text = Which word in this lesson's story sounds just like what it names? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 names name VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sound** | present | which word in this lesson's story | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **name** | present | word | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Whumpfling ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t17:o1:1 # text = Whumpfling 1 Whumpfling whumpfling NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Slide ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t17:o2:1 # text = Slide 1 Slide slide NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Splatter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t17:o3:1 # text = Splatter 1 Splatter splatter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Flop ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t17:o4:1 # text = Flop 1 Flop flop NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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