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title: «Cheeking the police undoubtedly carries the severest penalty; and s… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Cheeking the police undoubtedly carries the severest penalty; and so it ought.» What's the writer mocking? Test 4 · ★★★ 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 4 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 4: Mr. Toad (the…

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«Cheeking the police undoubtedly carries the severest penalty; and so it ought.» What's the writer mocking?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Cheeking, writer · **What happens:** cheek, carry, mock · **To what, where:** police, severest penalty · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Cheeking the police undoubtedly carries the severest penalty; and so it ought.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t4:1
# text = «Cheeking the police undoubtedly carries the severest penalty; and so it ought.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Cheeking	cheek	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	undoubtedly	undoubtedly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	severest	severe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	penalty	penalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheek** *in a quote* | gerund |  | the police |  |  |  | undoubtedly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** *in a quote* | present | Cheeking | the severest penalty |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penalty=Theme |

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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:* What's the writer mocking?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t4:2
# text = What's the writer mocking?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	mocking	mock	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mock** | present · progressive | the writer |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Officials who punish cheek to themselves more than real harm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t4:o1:1
# text = Officials who punish cheek to themselves more than real harm
1	Officials	official	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	punish	punish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cheek	cheek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | present | Officials | cheek | Officials *= official* |  |  | than real harm | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheek=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Officials who punish cheek to themselves more than real harm, and who also overlook the dreadful cruelties of the wicked gaolers

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t4:o2:1
# text = Officials who punish cheek to themselves more than real harm, and who also overlook the dreadful cruelties of the wicked gaolers
1	Officials	official	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	punish	punish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cheek	cheek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
14	also	also	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	overlook	overlook	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	dreadful	dreadful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	cruelties	cruelty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	gaolers	gaoler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | present | Officials | cheek | Officials *= official* |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheek=Patient |
| 2 | **overlook** | present |  | the dreadful cruelties of the wicked gaolers |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cruelty=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Officials who take cheek to police more seriously than theft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t4:o3:1
# text = Officials who take cheek to police more seriously than theft
1	Officials	official	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cheek	cheek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | Officials | cheek |  | police |  | seriously *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cheek=Theme to police=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Magistrates who make very long speeches about cheek to the police, rather than about the car that was truly stolen by Toad

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t4:o4:1
# text = Magistrates who make very long speeches about cheek to the police, rather than about the car that was truly stolen by Toad
1	Magistrates	magistrate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	speeches	speech	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	cheek	cheek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	17	cc	_	_
14	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	about	about	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
18	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux:pass	_	_
20	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl:relcl	_	_
22	by	by	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Magistrates | long speeches |  |  |  | about cheek; to the police | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset speech=Product |
| 2 | **steal** | past · passive | Toad | the car |  |  |  | truly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme |

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