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title: Why does Toad talk about «my married daughter» and «my young childre… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does Toad talk about «my married daughter» and «my young children»? Test 3 · ★★ 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, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Test 3 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Ad…

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Why does Toad talk about «my married daughter» and «my young children»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Toad · **What happens:** talk

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t3:1
# text = Why does Toad talk about «my married daughter» and «my young children»?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	married	married	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present · do-support | Toad |  |  |  |  | about my married daughter and my young children | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about daughter=Topic |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He is pretending to be a washerwoman, so he invents a family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t3:o1:1
# text = He is pretending to be a washerwoman, so he invents a family
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	aux	_	_
3	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	invents	invent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | present · progressive | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | a washerwoman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **invent** | present | he | a family |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He wants her to think he is a respectable family man out walking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t3:o2:1
# text = He wants her to think he is a respectable family man out walking
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	respectable	respectable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
13	walking	walking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | He | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **think out** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | walking |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | he | a respectable family man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He is actually a washerwoman whose children were lost in the great flood of last year

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t3:o3:1
# text = He is actually a washerwoman whose children were lost in the great flood of last year
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a washerwoman |  |  |  | actually *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | past · passive |  | children |  | the great flood of last year |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 3 | **flood** |  | last year |  |  |  |  |  | nom flood «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He is trying to make the lift seem more honest and believable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t3:o4:1
# text = He is trying to make the lift seem more honest and believable
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	aux	_	_
3	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	csubj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	seem	seem	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
10	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	believable	believable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | present · progressive | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the lift |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset lift=Product |
| 3 | **seem** | present | trying |  |  |  |  | honest *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

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