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title: ★★★ The driver gives three reasons for helping. Which is NOT one of… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ The driver gives three reasons for helping. Which is NOT one of them? Test 16 · ★ of lesson 55 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adventures (the chase, the tunnel and the night wood)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 16 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adve…

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★★★ The driver gives three reasons for helping. Which is NOT one of them?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ · **What happens:** give, help, not be · **To what, where:** three reasons, one

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This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 55 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adventures (the chase, the tunnel and the night wood)» 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/55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel/#t16).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ The driver gives three reasons for helping.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t16:1
# text = ★★★ The driver gives three reasons for helping.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	helping	help	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | ★ ★ the driver | three reasons |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | gerund | ★ ★ the driver *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: 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:* Which is NOT one of them?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t16:2
# text = Which is NOT one of them?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	NOT	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present |  | one |  |  |  | of reasons *= reason* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He once was jailed himself and feels sorry for every fugitive who runs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t16:o1:1
# text = He once was jailed himself and feels sorry for every fugitive who runs
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	jailed	jail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	fugitive	fugitive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jail** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  | for every fugitive; once *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **feel** | present |  |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **run** | present | every fugitive |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He wants Toad to pay him in gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t16:o2:1
# text = He wants Toad to pay him in gold
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | He | Toad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Toad *not said here* | Toad |  | gold |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He thinks the warders are cruel and wishes Toad to escape the cell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t16:o3:1
# text = He thinks the warders are cruel and wishes Toad to escape the cell
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	warders	warder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wishes	wish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cell	cell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the warders |  |  |  |  | cruel *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **wish** | present | He *not said here* | Toad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **escape** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the cell |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cell=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He pities Toad's lonely plight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t16:o4:1
# text = He pities Toad's lonely plight
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pities	pity	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	plight	plight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pity** | present | He | Toad's lonely plight |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plight=Stimulus |
| 2 | **plight** |  | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | nom plight «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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