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title: Kayla: «the Rat's mid about Mole's house, says it's a dump.» (mid =… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, pa… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a…

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Kayla: «the Rat's mid about Mole's house, says it's a dump.» (mid = so-so) Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kayla, house · **What happens:** say, be, put · **To what, where:** dump · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a dusty home, a sardine supper, and voices outside)» 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/43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kayla: «the Rat's mid about Mole's house, says it's a dump.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t1:1
# text = Kayla: «the Rat's mid about Mole's house, says it's a dump.»
1	Kayla	Kayla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	mid	mid	ADJ	JJ	_	1	amod	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
13	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	dump	dump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Kayla |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | house | a dump |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* (mid = so-so) Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t1:2
# text = (mid = so-so) Put it right.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	mid	mid	X	AFX	_	0	root	_	_
3	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	2	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
8	Put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	goeswith	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
10	right	right	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He says it is dusty, but praises its design and the sleeping-bunks, wanting to visit again soon

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t1:o1:1
# text = He says it is dusty, but praises its design and the sleeping-bunks, wanting to visit again soon
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	dusty	dusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	praises	praise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	design	design	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	bunks	bunk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
20	again	again	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
21	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	19	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | dusty *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **praise** | present | He *not said here* | its design and the sleeping bunks |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent design=Theme |
| 4 | **want** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 5 | **visit** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  | again | soon *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **design** |  | its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom design «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He praises it: «a capital little house», so well planned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t1:o2:1
# text = He praises it: «a capital little house», so well planned
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	praises	praise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	capital	capital	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
14	planned	plan	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | present | He | it |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **plan** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He criticises the dust but secretly admires the Mole's taste and the careful planning of every room

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t1:o3:1
# text = He criticises the dust but secretly admires the Mole's taste and the careful planning of every room
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	criticises	criticise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	admires	admire	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	planning	planning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **criticise** | present | He | the dust |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **admire** | present | He *not said here* | the Mole's taste and the careful planning of every room |  |  |  | secretly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer taste=Stimulus |
| 3 | **taste** |  | the Mole |  |  |  |  |  | nom taste «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
| 4 | **plan** |  |  | every room |  |  |  |  | nom planning «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He calls it cold and says it should be torn down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t1:o4:1
# text = He calls it cold and says it should be torn down
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	ccomp	_	_
11	down	down	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | He | it |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **tear down** | should · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

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