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# Test 13 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Ad…

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Sam, yeah nah (no) not buying it: «Toad's well humble now after prison.» Which line from this part proves him wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sam, Toad, line · **What happens:** not buy, be, prove · **To what, where:** it, Toad · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 61 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Adventures of Toad (free, the canal and the barge-woman's washing)» 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/61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman/#t13).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sam, yeah nah (no) not buying it: «Toad's well humble now after prison.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t13:1
# text = Sam, yeah nah (no) not buying it: «Toad's well humble now after prison.»
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	_
4	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	_
5	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	buying	buy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
16	humble	humble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	parataxis	_	_
17	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
18	after	after	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **buy** | gerund | Sam | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Toad |  |  |  | after prison; now | humble, well *property* | 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:* Which line from this part proves him wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t13:2
# text = Which line from this part proves him wrong?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | which line from this part | Toad |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Now I shall have a nice warm bath at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t13:o1:1
# text = Now I shall have a nice warm bath at home
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | shall | I | a nice warm bath |  | home | now |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bath=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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«Toad's luck again! I always come out on top!»

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*Sentence 1:* «Toad's luck again!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t13:o2:1
# text = «Toad's luck again!
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* I always come out on top!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t13:o2:2
# text = I always come out on top!»
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come out** | present | I |  |  | top |  | always, out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Poop poop!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t13:o3:1
# text = Poop poop!
1	Poop	poop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	poop	poop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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I will never be seen in prison again, I swear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t13:o4:1
# text = I will never be seen in prison again, I swear
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	swear	swear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | future · passive |  | I |  | prison | again |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **swear** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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