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title: Kai from London: «Toad was bare happy to dress as a washerwoman from… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kai from London: «Toad was bare happy to dress as a washerwoman from the start.» (bare = very) Put it right. Test 1 · ★ of lesson 53 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adventures (the washerwoman's dress)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Test 1 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adve…

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Kai from London: «Toad was bare happy to dress as a washerwoman from the start.» (bare = very) Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kai, you · **What happens:** be, dress, put · **To what, where:** start

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 53 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adventures (the washerwoman's dress)» 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/53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kai from London: «Toad was bare happy to dress as a washerwoman from the start.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman:t1:1
# text = Kai from London: «Toad was bare happy to dress as a washerwoman from the start.»
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	dress	dress	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Kai from London |  |  |  |  | happy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **dress** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Kai from London *not said here* |  |  | the start |  | as a washerwoman | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «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:* (bare = very) Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman:t1:2
# text = (bare = very) Put it right.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	6	punct	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	_
6	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	right	right	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	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* | start |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

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

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At first he was offended; Mr. Toad of Toad Hall in a dress!

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman:t1:o1:1
# text = At first he was offended; Mr. Toad of Toad Hall in a dress!
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	obl	_	_
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	offended	offended	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:desc	_	_
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Hall	Hall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  | a dress |  | Toad  Mr. of Toad Hall *vocative*; offended *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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At first he was deeply offended, and very angry at the idea of being dressed up as a washerwoman in a frock

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman:t1:o2:1
# text = At first he was deeply offended, and very angry at the idea of being dressed up as a washerwoman in a frock
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	obl	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	deeply	deeply	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	offended	offended	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
17	up	up	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
18	as	as	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	frock	frock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  | a frock |  | deeply, offended *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | he *not said here* |  |  | the idea |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **dress up** | gerund · passive |  | the idea *not said here* |  |  |  | as a washerwoman | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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At first he refused in a rage, because a grand Toad of Toad Hall in a dress would be a shameful disgrace to his name

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman:t1:o3:1
# text = At first he refused in a rage, because a grand Toad of Toad Hall in a dress would be a shameful disgrace to his name
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	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	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Hall	Hall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
19	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
20	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	cop	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	shameful	shameful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	disgrace	disgrace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | he |  |  | a rage |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | would | a dress |  |  | a shameful disgrace |  | to Hall's name | tree rules |
| 3 | **name** |  | Hall |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At first he was pleased to dress up as a washerwoman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman:t1:o4:1
# text = At first he was pleased to dress up as a washerwoman
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	obl	_	_
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	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	dress	dress	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | pleased *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **dress up** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as a washerwoman | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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