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# Test 10 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the…

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Looking back: in chapter II, what did the notice by Toad's creek say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, chapter, creek · **What happens:** look back, do, say, notice · **To what, where:** notice · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 45 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the hour of Toad, and off with those motor-clothes!)» 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/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t10:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter II, what did the notice by Toad's creek say?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	II	II	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	notice	notice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	creek	creek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past | chapter | the notice |  |  |  | by Toad's creek | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Eventuality |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **notice** |  | Toad's creek |  |  |  |  |  | nom notice «communication transitive»: by=agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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«Keep out»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t10:o1:1
# text = «Keep out»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep out** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«Private. No boats allowed»

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*Sentence 1:* «Private.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t10:o2:1
# text = «Private.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* No boats allowed»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t10:o2:2
# text = No boats allowed»
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | participle |  | no boats *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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«Private. No landing allowed»

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*Sentence 1:* «Private.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t10:o3:1
# text = «Private.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* No landing allowed»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t10:o3:2
# text = No landing allowed»
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	landing	landing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | participle |  | no landing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«Private. No landing allowed. Trespassers will be prosecuted»

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*Sentence 1:* «Private.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t10:o4:1
# text = «Private.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* No landing allowed.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t10:o4:2
# text = No landing allowed.
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	landing	landing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | participle · passive |  | no landing |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

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*Sentence 3:* Trespassers will be prosecuted»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t10:o4:3
# text = Trespassers will be prosecuted»
1	Trespassers	trespasser	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	prosecuted	prosecute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prosecute** | future · passive |  | Trespassers |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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