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title: ★★★ The road is «like a stray dog» and the canal «a shy little broth… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ The road is «like a stray dog» and the canal «a shy little brother». Which word describes how the author treats the road and canal here? Test 16 · ★★ 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 b
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# Test 16 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Ad…

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★★★ The road is «like a stray dog» and the canal «a shy little brother». Which word describes how the author treats the road and canal here?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, word, author · **What happens:** be, describe, treat · **To what, where:** road

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This is test 16 · ★★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ The road is «like a stray dog» and the canal «a shy little brother».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t16:1
# text = ★★★ The road is «like a stray dog» and the canal «a shy little brother».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	stray	stray	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	canal	canal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	shy	shy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
19	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | ★ |  |  |  |  | like a stray dog and the canal | 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 word describes how the author treats the road and canal here?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t16:2
# text = Which word describes how the author treats the road and canal here?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	treats	treat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	canal	canal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which word |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **treat** | present | the author | the road and canal |  | here |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent road=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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As if they were people or animals with feelings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t16:o1:1
# text = As if they were people or animals with feelings
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | as people or animals; with feelings | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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As objects that are only useful for travel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t16:o2:1
# text = As objects that are only useful for travel
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | objects |  |  |  |  | for travel; useful *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Harshly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t16:o3:1
# text = Harshly
1	Harshly	harshly	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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As if they were ordinary places with no feelings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t16:o4:1
# text = As if they were ordinary places with no feelings
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | as ordinary places; with no feelings | tree rules |

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