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title: «Girl, you ate!» (ate = did brilliantly) Who «ate» in this part, and… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Girl, you ate!» (ate = did brilliantly) Who «ate» in this part, and why? Test 10 · ★ 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 10 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adve…

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«Girl, you ate!» (ate = did brilliantly) Who «ate» in this part, and why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, ate · **What happens:** eat, do · **To what, where:** part

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Girl, you ate!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t10:1
# text = «Girl, you ate!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	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* | past | you |  |  |  |  | Girl *vocative* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* (ate = did brilliantly) Who «ate» in this part, and why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t10:2
# text = (ate = did brilliantly) Who «ate» in this part, and why?
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ate	ate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	4	punct	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	brilliantly	brilliantly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
7	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | ate *not said here* |  |  |  |  | brilliantly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | past | ate |  |  | this part |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Toad, who gobbled the cabbage and the toast in his cell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t10:o1:1
# text = Toad, who gobbled the cabbage and the toast in his cell
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	gobbled	gobble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	toast	toast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	cell	cell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gobble** | past | Toad | the cabbage and the toast |  | Toad's cell |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cabbage=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The gaoler's daughter, who cured Toad's despair with hot food, buttered toast and an interested, kindly ear

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t10:o2:1
# text = The gaoler's daughter, who cured Toad's despair with hot food, buttered toast and an interested, kindly ear
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gaoler	gaoler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cured	cure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	despair	despair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	buttered	butter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	toast	toast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	interested	interested	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cure** | past | the gaoler's daughter | Toad's despair |  |  |  | with hot food and buttered toast; ear *obl* | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer despair=Source |
| 2 | **butter** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **despair** |  | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | nom despair «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Toad, who at last ate the bubble-and-squeak and the toast, and then felt much happier and boasted about it to the girl

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t10:o3:1
# text = Toad, who at last ate the bubble-and-squeak and the toast, and then felt much happier and boasted about it to the girl
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
6	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
8	bubble	bubble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	squeak	squeak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	toast	toast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	19	advmod	_	_
19	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
20	much	much	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	happier	happy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	19	xcomp	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	boasted	boast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	conj	_	_
24	about	about	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obl	_	_
26	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **squeak** |  | bubble |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **feel** | past |  |  |  |  | then | happy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **boast** *speech: other* | participle |  |  | the girl |  |  | about bubble | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic PP.recipient»: agent=Agent about it=Topic to girl=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The girl, who cured Toad's despair with food and kind talk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t10:o4:1
# text = The girl, who cured Toad's despair with food and kind talk
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	cured	cure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	despair	despair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cure** | past | the girl | Toad's despair |  |  |  | with food and kind talk | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer despair=Source |
| 2 | **despair** |  | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | nom despair «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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