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title: «Toad yeeted a stone at the fox.» (yeet = throw hard) Put it right. — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Toad yeeted a stone at the fox.» (yeet = throw hard) Put it right. Test 4 · ★ 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 the quest
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# Test 4 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adve…

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«Toad yeeted a stone at the fox.» (yeet = throw hard) Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Toad · **What happens:** yeet, throw, put · **To what, where:** stone, yeet

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Toad yeeted a stone at the fox.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t4:1
# text = «Toad yeeted a stone at the fox.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	yeeted	yeet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yeet** *in a quote* | past | Toad | a stone |  |  |  | at the fox | tree rules |

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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:* (yeet = throw hard) Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t4:2
# text = (yeet = throw hard) Put it right.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	yeet	yeet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	4	punct	_	_
4	throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
7	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **put** | infinitive |  | yeet |  |  |  | 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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He looked for a stone but could not find one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t4:o1:1
# text = He looked for a stone but could not find one
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | He |  |  |  |  | for a stone | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for stone=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **find** | could | He *not said here* | one |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He threw a heavy rock at the fox and it hit the fence post beside the road

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t4:o2:1
# text = He threw a heavy rock at the fox and it hit the fence post beside the road
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past | He | a heavy rock |  |  |  | at the fox | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent rock=Theme at fox=Destination |
| 2 | **hit** | past | rock | the fence post |  | the road |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent post=Theme beside road=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He picked up a pebble and tossed it gently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t4:o3:1
# text = He picked up a pebble and tossed it gently
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	picked	pick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pebble	pebble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	tossed	toss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | past | He | a pebble |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pebble=Topic |
| 2 | **toss** | past | He *not said here* | pebble |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He picked up a large stone and hurled it hard at the fox, who ran away

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t4:o4:1
# text = He picked up a large stone and hurled it hard at the fox, who ran away
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	picked	pick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	hurled	hurl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	away	away	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | past | He | a large stone |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Topic |
| 2 | **hurl** | past | He *not said here* | stone |  |  |  | at the fox; hard *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme at fox=Destination |
| 3 | **run away** | past | the fox |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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