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# Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Looking back: in chapter IV, what did the Badger promise in winter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chapter · **What happens:** look back, promise

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t6:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter IV, what did the Badger promise in winter?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
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	IV	IV	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in chapter and the Badger promise | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · do-support | chapter and the Badger promise |  |  |  | winter |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Once the winter ended, they'd sit Toad down and buy him a new cart

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t6:o1:1
# text = Once the winter ended, they'd sit Toad down and buy him a new cart
1	Once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	down	down	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	iobj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | past | the winter |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sit down** | would | they | Toad |  |  |  | down *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **buy** | infinitive | they *not said here* | a new cart | Toad |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary cart=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They'd take Toad for a ride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t6:o2:1
# text = They'd take Toad for a ride
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | would | They | Toad |  |  |  | for a ride | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent toad=Theme for ride=Beneficiary |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
When the year turned, they'd take Toad in hand and make him sensible

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t6:o3:1
# text = When the year turned, they'd take Toad in hand and make him sensible
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | the year |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | would | they | Toad |  | hand |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent toad=Value in hand=Location |
| 3 | **make** | infinitive | they *not said here* | Toad |  |  |  | sensible *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Toad would stop his driving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t6:o4:1
# text = Toad would stop his driving
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	driving	driving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | would | Toad | Toad's driving |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector driving=Eventuality |
| 2 | **drive** |  | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | nom driving «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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