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title: Toad called the Rat stupid: «very little intelligence». Who really b… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Toad called the Rat stupid: «very little intelligence». Who really behaves with little sense in this part? Test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 48 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 4: Mr. Toad (the car in the inn-yard, twenty years, and the deepest dungeon)» of the books course of Mova's primary school,
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 4: Mr. Toad (the…

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Toad called the Rat stupid: «very little intelligence». Who really behaves with little sense in this part?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Toad · **What happens:** call, behave · **To what, where:** Rat, part · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 48 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 4: Mr. Toad (the car in the inn-yard, twenty years, and the deepest dungeon)» 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/48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Toad called the Rat stupid: «very little intelligence».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t12:1
# text = Toad called the Rat stupid: «very little intelligence».
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past | Toad |  | the Rat |  |  | stupid *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rat=Recipient |

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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:* Who really behaves with little sense in this part?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t12:2
# text = Who really behaves with little sense in this part?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	behaves	behave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **behave** | present |  |  |  | this part |  | with little sense | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The Clerk, who adds up the sentences wrongly and then hands out twenty years

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t12:o1:1
# text = The Clerk, who adds up the sentences wrongly and then hands out twenty years
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Clerk	Clerk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	adds	add	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sentences	sentence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	hands	hand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add up** *speech: assert* | present | the Clerk | the sentences |  |  |  | wrongly *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Patient |
| 2 | **hand out** | present | the Clerk *not said here* |  |  |  | then; year |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Toad, who steals a car within hours of escaping from his own bedroom at Toad Hall

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t12:o2:1
# text = Toad, who steals a car within hours of escaping from his own bedroom at Toad Hall
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	steals	steal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	escaping	escape	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	Hall	Hall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | present | Toad | a car |  |  | hour |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location car=Theme |
| 2 | **escape** | gerund | hours *not said here* |  |  | Toad's own bedroom |  | at Toad Hall | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from bedroom=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The policemen, who chased an innocent Toad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t12:o3:1
# text = The policemen, who chased an innocent Toad
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	policemen	policeman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	innocent	innocent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | past |  | the policemen |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Toad, who steals a car within hours of escaping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t12:o4:1
# text = Toad, who steals a car within hours of escaping
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	steals	steal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	escaping	escaping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | present | Toad | a car |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location car=Theme |

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