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title: ★★★ «like a mile of porpoises». Why is that a good picture? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ «like a mile of porpoises». Why is that a good picture? Test 15 · ★ of lesson 59 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All (the voyage and lunch by the road)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 15 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All…

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★★★ «like a mile of porpoises». Why is that a good picture?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** good picture

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This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 59 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All (the voyage and lunch by the road)» 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/59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road/#t15).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ «like a mile of porpoises».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t15:1
# text = ★★★ «like a mile of porpoises».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mile	mile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	porpoises	porpoise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* Why is that a good picture?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t15:2
# text = Why is that a good picture?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a good picture |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Porpoises are the fastest fish, so the casks must be moving at great speed through the bay towards the quay

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t15:o1:1
# text = Porpoises are the fastest fish, so the casks must be moving at great speed through the bay towards the quay
1	Porpoises	porpoise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	casks	cask	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux	_	_
12	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	through	through	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	bay	bay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
19	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	quay	quay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Porpoises | the fastest fish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | must · progressive | the casks | the fastest fish *not said here* |  | great speed |  | through the bay; towards the quay | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent fish=Theme at speed=Source through bay=Trajectory towards quay=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Round casks bob in a line just like porpoises, and the Rat secretly imagined them swimming all the way to England

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t15:o2:1
# text = Round casks bob in a line just like porpoises, and the Rat secretly imagined them swimming all the way to England
1	Round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	casks	cask	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bob	bob	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	porpoises	porpoise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	imagined	imagine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	xcomp	_	_
18	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	20	det:predet	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bob** | present | Round casks |  |  | a line |  | like porpoises | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in line=Location |
| 2 | **imagine** | past | the Rat | casks *= cask* |  |  |  | secretly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent they=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **swim** | gerund | the Rat *not said here* | all way | England |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to england=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Round barrels in a line move like porpoises in the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t15:o3:1
# text = Round barrels in a line move like porpoises in the water
1	Round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	barrels	barrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	porpoises	porpoise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Round casks bobbing in a long line look like porpoises leaping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t15:o4:1
# text = Round casks bobbing in a long line look like porpoises leaping
1	Round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	casks	cask	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	bobbing	bob	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	porpoises	porpoise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	leaping	leap	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bob** | gerund | Round casks *not said here* |  |  | a long line |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in line=Location |
| 2 | **look** | present | Round casks |  |  |  |  | like porpoises | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **leap** | gerund | porpoises *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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