--- title: ★★★ «A long half-hour passed.» If Toad lost the soap 50 times in 30… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ «A long half-hour passed.» If Toad lost the soap 50 times in 30 minutes, about how often did he lose it? Test 15 · ★★ 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 sc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman/t15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Ad… ★★★ «A long half-hour passed.» If Toad lost the soap 50 times in 30 minutes, about how often did he lose it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Toad · **What happens:** pass, lose · **To what, where:** long half hour, soap This is test 15 · ★★ 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ «A long half-hour passed.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t15:1 # text = ★★★ «A long half-hour passed.» 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 7 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** *in a quote* | participle | | a long half hour *not said here* | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* If Toad lost the soap 50 times in 30 minutes, about how often did he lose it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t15:2 # text = If Toad lost the soap 50 times in 30 minutes, about how often did he lose it? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 soap soap NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 50 50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 30 30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 about about SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 14 often often ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Toad | the soap | | | minute; time | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soap=Eventuality | | 2 | **lose** | past · do-support | Toad | soap | | | | often *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Roughly every two minutes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t15:o1:1 # text = Roughly every two minutes 1 Roughly roughly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} More than once a minute ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t15:o2:1 # text = More than once a minute 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 3 advmod _ _ 2 than than ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Twice a day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t15:o3:1 # text = Twice a day 1 Twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Once an hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t15:o4:1 # text = Once an hour 1 Once once SCONJ IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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