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# Test 16 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'…

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★★★ «Converted—for the time being—to any point of view.» Which phrase warns us the change won't last?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase, change · **What happens:** be, warn, not last · **To what, where:** us · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 · ★★★ of lesson 46 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'm not sorry!» and the Toad locked in his bedroom)» 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/46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up/#t16).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ «Converted—for the time being—to any point of view.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t16:1
# text = ★★★ «Converted—for the time being—to any point of view.»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Converted	converted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
10	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  | time | to any point; of view | 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:* Which phrase warns us the change won't last?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t16:2
# text = Which phrase warns us the change won't last?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	warns	warn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	last	last	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present | which phrase |  | us |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **last** | future | the change |  |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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«for the time being»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t16:o1:1
# text = «for the time being»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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in the end, at last

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t16:o2:1
# text = in the end, at last
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Converted—for the time being—to any point of view

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t16:o3:1
# text = Converted—for the time being—to any point of view
1	Converted	converted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  | time | to any point; of view | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the change won't last, as shown by the words for the time being in this line

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t16:o4:1
# text = the change won't last, as shown by the words for the time being in this line
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	last	last	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	parataxis	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **last** | future | the change |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | participle | the change *not said here* |  |  |  | time | by the words | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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