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title: «Toad's just chillin' in prison, eating loads from day one.» Put it… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Toad's just chillin' in prison, eating loads from day one.» Put it right. Test 1 · ★ of lesson 52 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adventures (the gaoler's daughter and the buttered toast)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 1 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adve…

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«Toad's just chillin' in prison, eating loads from day one.» Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chillin, you · **What happens:** eat, put · **To what, where:** loads, chillin

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 52 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adventures (the gaoler's daughter and the buttered toast)» 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/52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Toad's just chillin' in prison, eating loads from day one.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t1:1
# text = «Toad's just chillin' in prison, eating loads from day one.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	chillin	chillin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
11	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | gerund | Toad's chillin in prison *not said here* | loads |  |  | day |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=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:* Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t1:2
# text = Put it right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | chillin |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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For weeks he refused every single meal and wept all the day long in the cell

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t1:o1:1
# text = For weeks he refused every single meal and wept all the day long in the cell
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	cell	cell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | he | every single meal |  |  | week |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Theme |
| 2 | **weep** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  | day | in the cell; long *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in cell=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He stayed cheerful and ate every meal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t1:o2:1
# text = He stayed cheerful and ate every meal
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | He |  |  |  |  | cheerful *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | past | He *not said here* | every meal |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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For weeks he refused his meals and wept

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t1:o3:1
# text = For weeks he refused his meals and wept
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	meals	meal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | he | his meals |  |  | week |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Theme |
| 2 | **weep** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He ate all his food and was happy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t1:o4:1
# text = He ate all his food and was happy
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | He | his food |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | happy *property* | tree rules |

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