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# Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 4: Mr. Toad (the…

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Looking back: in chapter II, after the first car, Toad sat in the road «in a sort of trance». Which words in this part are like that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Toad, words · **What happens:** look back, sit, sort, be · **To what, where:** road, trance

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter II, after the first car, Toad sat in the road «in a sort of trance».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t9:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter II, after the first car, Toad sat in the road «in a sort of trance».
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
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	II	II	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	amod	_	_
11	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
13	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	advcl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	trance	trance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  | after the first car | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **sit** | past | Toad |  |  | the road |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in road=Location |
| 3 | **sort** *in a quote* |  |  | trance |  |  |  |  | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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 words in this part are like that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t9:2
# text = Which words in this part are like that?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which words in this part |  |  |  |  | like that | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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«Sat quite still»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t9:o1:1
# text = «Sat quite still»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«Off I go»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t9:o2:1
# text = «Off I go»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Off	off	ADP	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«Poop-poop!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t9:o3:1
# text = «Poop-poop!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Poop	poop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	poop	poop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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

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«As if in a dream»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t9:o4:1
# text = «As if in a dream»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	As	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

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