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title: «Otter's not bothered, lowkey he just fancied a walk.» (lowkey = kin… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII,… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 2 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at…

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«Otter's not bothered, lowkey he just fancied a walk.» (lowkey = kind of) Is that right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Otter, lowkey · **What happens:** not bother, fancy, be · **To what, where:** walk

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 49 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Portly is missing)» 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/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Otter's not bothered, lowkey he just fancied a walk.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t2:1
# text = «Otter's not bothered, lowkey he just fancied a walk.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Otter	Otter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	bothered	bother	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	fancied	fancy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **bother** *in a quote* | present · passive | Otter |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **fancy** *in a quote* | past | lowkey | a walk |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer walk=Stimulus |

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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:* (lowkey = kind of) Is that right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t2:2
# text = (lowkey = kind of) Is that right?
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	4	punct	_	_
4	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	_
7	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	_
9	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | lowkey |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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No: he talked of air, but he was really very nervous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t2:o1:1
# text = No: he talked of air, but he was really very nervous
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	really	really	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	very	very	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	nervous	nervous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | past | he |  |  |  |  | of air | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | nervous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No: he was really out of his mind with worry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t2:o2:1
# text = No: he was really out of his mind with worry
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  | his mind |  | with worry | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, he was calm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t2:o3:1
# text = No, he was calm
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, he just fancied a walk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t2:o4:1
# text = Yes, he just fancied a walk
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	fancied	fancy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fancy** | past | he | a walk |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer walk=Stimulus |

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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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