--- title: Ruby, lowkey shook: «why's Badger so bossy with the chauffeur, that'… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Ruby, lowkey shook: «why's Badger so bossy with the chauffeur, that's rude.» Why does Badger send him away so firmly? Test 3 · ★★★ 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, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/t3/) [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 VI, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the… Ruby, lowkey shook: «why's Badger so bossy with the chauffeur, that's rude.» Why does Badger send him away so firmly? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ruby lowkey, that, Badger · **What happens:** shake, be, send away · **To what, where:** lowkey This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ruby, lowkey shook: «why's Badger so bossy with the chauffeur, that's rude.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t3:1 # text = Ruby, lowkey shook: «why's Badger so bossy with the chauffeur, that's rude.» 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 lowkey lowkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 bossy bossy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 chauffeur chauffeur NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake** | past | Ruby lowkey | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | rude *property* | tree rules | 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:* Why does Badger send him away so firmly? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t3:2 # text = Why does Badger send him away so firmly? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send away** | present · do-support | Badger | lowkey | | | | away, firmly *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} So Toad can't drive off in the new car, which would ruin all his plans for reform ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t3:o1:1 # text = So Toad can't drive off in the new car, which would ruin all his plans for reform 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 ruin ruin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 plans plan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 reform reform NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **drive off** | can | Toad | | | the new car | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ruin** | would | | Toad's plans | | | | for reform | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Patient | | 3 | **plan** | | Toad | | | | | | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} So Toad can't drive off in the new car ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t3:o2:1 # text = So Toad can't drive off in the new car 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **drive off** | can | Toad | | | the new car | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Because the chauffeur is unwelcome here now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t3:o3:1 # text = Because the chauffeur is unwelcome here now 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 chauffeur chauffeur NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 unwelcome unwelcome VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **unwelcome** | present · passive | | the chauffeur | | here | now | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} So the chauffeur doesn't see Toad's mess ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t3:o4:1 # text = So the chauffeur doesn't see Toad's mess 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 chauffeur chauffeur NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 mess mess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | present · do-support | the chauffeur | Toad's mess | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mess=Stimulus | | 2 | **mess** | | Toad | | | | | | nom mess «state transitive»: poss=agent | **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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