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# Test 4 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All…

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Why does the Rat say «You won't be 'free' as you call it much this side of Christmas»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rat, You · **What happens:** say, not be, call · **To what, where:** Rat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 56 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All (change in the air)» 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/56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:t4:1
# text = Why does the Rat say «You won't be 'free' as you call it much this side of Christmas»?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
8	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
11	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	much	much	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
19	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	det	_	_
20	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the Rat |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | future | You |  |  |  |  | free *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **call** *in a quote* | present | you | Rat |  |  |  | this side of Christmas *obl* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He grumbles that they'll be busy with moving and packing all the way through the winter until spring

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:t4:o1:1
# text = He grumbles that they'll be busy with moving and packing all the way through the winter until spring
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grumbles	grumble	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
8	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	packing	pack	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	through	through	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	until	until	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grumble** *speech: other* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | future | they |  |  |  |  | busy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **move** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  | spring |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **pack** | gerund | they *not said here* | all way |  |  | winter |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme way=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is annoyed that they'll keep the flats so neat that he can never visit them again, not even once

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:t4:o2:1
# text = He is annoyed that they'll keep the flats so neat that he can never visit them again, not even once
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	flats	flat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	neat	neat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	again	again	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
21	even	even	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | annoyed *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | future | they | the flats |  |  |  | neat *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flat=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **visit** | can | he | flats *= flat* |  |  | again |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He fears they'll never finish the moving work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:t4:o3:1
# text = He fears they'll never finish the moving work
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fears	fear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	moving	moving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **finish** | future | they | the moving work |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality work=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He grumbles that they'll be busy moving for months

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:t4:o4:1
# text = He grumbles that they'll be busy moving for months
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grumbles	grumble	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
8	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grumble** *speech: other* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | future | they |  |  |  |  | busy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **move** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  | month |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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