--- title: Looking back: in chapter VI, the magistrates gave Toad twenty years.… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: in chapter VI, the magistrates gave Toad twenty years. Which of his offences did the Clerk say deserved the most years? 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Which of his offences did the Clerk say deserved the most years? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** magistrates, offences, Clerk say, Toad · **What happens:** look back, give, do, deserve, offend · **To what, where:** Toad This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 62 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Adventures of Toad (into the canal, the stolen horse and «a shilling a leg»)» 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/62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter VI, the magistrates gave Toad twenty years. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t12:1 # text = Looking back: in chapter VI, the magistrates gave Toad twenty years. 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 chapter chapter NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 VI VI NUM CD NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card 5 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 magistrates magistrate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 iobj _ _ 12 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look back** | gerund | the magistrates *not said here* | | | | | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme | | 2 | **give** | past | the magistrates | | Toad | | year | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=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:* Which of his offences did the Clerk say deserved the most years? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t12:2 # text = Which of his offences did the Clerk say deserved the most years? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 obj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 offences offence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Clerk Clerk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 say say PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 deserved deserve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 12 advmod _ _ 12 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Toad's offences | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 2 | **deserve** | past | the Clerk say | | | | year | | tree rules | | 3 | **offend** | | Toad | | | | | | nom offence «act transitive»: poss=agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Stealing the motor-car ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t12:o1:1 # text = Stealing the motor-car 1 Stealing steal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 motor motor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | gerund | | the motor car | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location car=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Stealing cars ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t12:o2:1 # text = Stealing cars 1 Stealing steal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | gerund | | cars | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location car=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Cheeking the police ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t12:o3:1 # text = Cheeking the police 1 Cheeking cheek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cheek** | gerund | | the police | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Joyriding ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t12:o4:1 # text = Joyriding 1 Joyriding joyride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **joyride** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | **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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