--- title: Hamish from Dundee: «aye, the auld gentleman was polite tae Toad.» (… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII,… · tree and pragmatics description: Hamish from Dundee: «aye, the auld gentleman was polite tae Toad.» (aye = yes; auld = old; tae = to) Put it right. Test 3 · ★ of lesson 54 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 3: Toad's Adventures (no money, no pocket, and the engine-driver)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/54-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/54-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 3: Toad's Adve… Hamish from Dundee: «aye, the auld gentleman was polite tae Toad.» (aye = yes; auld = old; tae = to) Put it right. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hamish, tae · **What happens:** be, put · **To what, where:** aye This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 54 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 3: Toad's Adventures (no money, no pocket, and the engine-driver)» 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/54-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Hamish from Dundee: «aye, the auld gentleman was polite tae Toad.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:54-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket:t3:1 # text = Hamish from Dundee: «aye, the auld gentleman was polite tae Toad.» 1 Hamish Hamish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Dundee Dundee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 aye aye INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 auld auld ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 gentleman gentleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 13 tae tae ADP IN Foreign=Yes 14 case _ _ 14 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Hamish from Dundee | | | | | tae Toad; polite *property* | 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:* (aye = yes; auld = old; tae = to) Put it right. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:54-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket:t3:2 # text = (aye = yes; auld = old; tae = to) Put it right. 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 aye aye NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 = = SYM SYM _ 6 punct _ _ 4 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 auld auld ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 appos _ _ 7 = = SYM SYM _ 8 punct _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 tae tae X FW Foreign=Yes 14 nsubj _ _ 11 = = SYM SYM _ 14 punct _ _ 12 to to SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 12 punct _ _ 14 Put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 right right ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | to-infinitive | tae | aye | | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He poked Toad and called him a fool ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:54-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket:t3:o1:1 # text = He poked Toad and called him a fool 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 poked poke VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **poke** | past | He | Toad | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.instrument PP.theme»: agent=Agent toad=Instrument | | 2 | **call** | past | He *not said here* | | Toad | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He prodded Toad, pushed him off and called him «my good woman» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:54-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket:t3:o2:1 # text = He prodded Toad, pushed him off and called him «my good woman» 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 prodded prod VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 « « PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prod** | past | He | Toad | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Experiencer | | 2 | **push off** | past | He *not said here* | Toad | | | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **call** | past | He *not said here* | | Toad | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} He tipped his hat and bowed to Toad politely ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:54-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket:t3:o3:1 # text = He tipped his hat and bowed to Toad politely 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tipped tip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 bowed bow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl:agent _ _ 9 politely politely ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tip** | past | He | his hat | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Theme | | 2 | **bow** | participle | He *not said here* | | | | | politely *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} He called him sir ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:54-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket:t3:o4:1 # text = He called him sir 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | He | | him *= he* | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | **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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