--- title: ★★★ Toad's sentence was twenty years, and he has been in prison «sev… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII,… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Toad's sentence was twenty years, and he has been in prison «several weeks». How much of it is left? 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How much of it is left? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sentence, Toad · **What happens:** be, leave · **To what, where:** prison, much This is test 16 · ★ 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/#t16). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Toad's sentence was twenty years, and he has been in prison «several weeks». ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t16:1 # text = ★★★ Toad's sentence was twenty years, and he has been in prison «several weeks». 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 4 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 13 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 cop _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 17 « « PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 » » PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | sentence | | | | ★ Toad's twenty years | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present · perfect | Toad | | | prison | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* How much of it is left? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t16:2 # text = How much of it is left? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | present · passive | | much of prison | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Nearly all of it: almost twenty years ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t16:o1:1 # text = Nearly all of it: almost twenty years 1 Nearly nearly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 6 almost almost ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Half of it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t16:o2:1 # text = Half of it 1 Half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} None: he is free ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t16:o3:1 # text = None: he is free 1 None none PRON NN PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | free *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} About ten years and a month ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t16:o4:1 # text = About ten years and a month 1 About about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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